Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with a computer right scan it and i if take erm picked a note or whatever you wan na do to it you 've done it . |
| 2 | The board should minute the projections thereby approving them before the Information memorandum is distributed . |
| 3 | The sight of a word processor so terrifies me that I 've stuck rigidly to scissors and adhesive tape , while a genius of a lady in Twickenham makes sense of my appalling first drafts . |
| 4 | On his wedding night the sight of his wife 's pubic hair so appalled him that he was shocked into sexual abstinence for the rest of his life — not that he lost the urge . |
| 5 | The experience so thrilled her that she decided to make a career of it , and by the age of 10 she had performed in three Broadway shows . |
| 6 | Animals rarely surprise me but there was something about the buck , once I noticed it sitting there , that froze me for a second . |
| 7 | The child has learned that tantrums effectively help him or her to get his or her own way . |
| 8 | He was famous simply because he happened to be the Prince of Wales ; and in his darker moments he felt that charities and organizations only wanted him because of his name . |
| 9 | In Nick Darke 's Kissing the Pope , however , the Sandinistas are given unequivocal white-hat status : a visit to Nicaragua apparently convinced him and his director Roger Michell that that unhappy land was ‘ one of the world 's few areas of moral black and white ’ . |
| 10 | The high occurrence of so-called ‘ baby blues ’ and feelings of isolation alone shows us that the birth of a child is a very stressful event — a dramatic physical , psychological and social transition . |
| 11 | All I thought was that health monitor basically follows it but it just needs a , a little bit of clarification so that everybody knows exactly when forms are supposed to be produced . |
| 12 | The 300-strong crowd of party supporters warmly applauded her when she argued Labour 's policies would give a fair deal to women . |
| 13 | They were shown round by a Père Obein whose calm wisdom and urbanity so impressed them that he remained for them a touchstone of good sense . |
| 14 | Ken suddenly left him and went into a doorway of Hamleys , the big toy shop . |
| 15 | John then continued , ‘ If any of the police again approach you or any of your colleagues-in-crime just tell them that this thing is bigger than any of you . ’ |
| 16 | Although it is a parent 's or guardian 's statutory responsibility to ensure children 's regular attendance at school , schools generally see it as their responsibility to monitor attendance , to seek explanation from parents for pupils ' non-attendance and to ensure that once pupils come to school they attend their classes . |
| 17 | Dr Mirabilis just ignored him and held up his hands , calming the clamour and good natured cat calls . |
| 18 | But when Graham left later , with something of the earlier benignity still binding him and Phoebe together , he had asked , |
| 19 | Wrestling may have lost its Saturday tea time slot on the telly , but the fans still love it and they pack in to watch when there 's a show in town ; and some show it was too this week . |
| 20 | Ken once told him that he greatly envied his ‘ Carry On ’ mate Charles Hawtrey . |
| 21 | In sum then , though the Supplement has a good deal more to commend it than its 1977 parent , it comes across as a car-orientated guide , static in outlook and narrow-minded in perspective . |
| 22 | I think the point , I think the point we 're making is that none of the districts yesterday told us that to meet their figure in H one they would need to have a new settlement , for example , I well remember Selby saying to us if we go above our H one figure we would need a new settlement , but they did not say to meet our H one figure we would need a new settlement . |
| 23 | Mr. Gilberd instructed the defendant to confirm with the bank that the cheque was acceptable , and the defendant later told him that he had done so and that such a cheque was ‘ as good as cash . ’ |
| 24 | Most readers probably take it as explained by Tolkien 's preceding remark , ‘ To their man-children [ hobbits ] usually gave names that had no meaning at all in their daily language … |
| 25 | Oxidised LDL may also be procoagulant since it has been described as stimulating endothelial tissue factor activity and inhibiting activation of protein C. Despite these tremendous advances , the authors wisely remind us that many patients with coronary disease have few or none of the known risk factors . |
| 26 | The labels also tell us that the United States courts see nothing absurd in admitting the multiplicity of meanings that a statutory term can have , nor in accepting that the agency 's choice as to the precise meaning should govern . |
| 27 | But , thanks to you , I feel that we are a good deal nearer solving them than we were yesterday . |
| 28 | Our research also told us that the Student 's Book had to be in colour , so we took out the pictures and began again — using two pictures instead of one wherever possible — so that we stay up to date with the latest modifications to the Interview , Paper 5 . |
| 29 | Her earlier haverings now struck her as selfish . |
| 30 | He said it to Andy though , and I mean I do n't , I do n't know , Andy really surprises me because like he always seems to be like , the quiet one does n't it ? |