Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 2 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 3 | Causton plans to alter the ends of the polymers to make them stick better to specific surfaces or make them attractive to only a particular protein . |
| 4 | In other words , management must continue to develop their own professional skills and sell them to the best bidder . |
| 5 | Lee Rodwell on the conflicting views that leave her feeling muddled and guilty |
| 6 | Vocalists had to bob down out of the way during instrumental breaks , and those unfamiliar with recording technique had to be man-handled by the recording director to bring them close to the horn on low notes and push them further away on high notes . |
| 7 | There would be problems about fixing the boundaries of regional authorities and providing them with finance — a regional rate would scarcely be popular . |
| 8 | At the fall of France , Donald Caskie had refused a place on the last boat home and instead had gone south where , working from the Seamen 's Mission in Marseilles , he had hidden hundreds of allied servicemen and helped them to escape over the Pyrenees into Spain . |
| 9 | With the Hughes — Ryan Act of 1974 , Congress endeavoured to impose some discipline on the CIA by requiring the agency to obtain presidential approval before embarking on covert operations and obliging it to notify eight different Congressional committees either before , or soon after , such operations commenced . |
| 10 | The income is 168 hours and remember you can not increase this even in times of severe inflation — you have all the time there is . |
| 11 | What are the characteristics of stressed syllables that enable us to identify them ? |
| 12 | And while such mundane things as fluctating interest rates and ever-increasing gas , electricity , water bills remain on the scene , it 's a strong possibility that ‘ wider and deeper ownership ’ will be hampered by thevery economic policies that spawned it . |
| 13 | What is it about local economic policies that make them ‘ local ’ ? |
| 14 | While she is away feeding they take the strange kittens and rub them gently in the bedding that carries the female 's scent . |
| 15 | He therefore consulted the defendant sellers of agricultural products and asked them to recommend a herbicide that could be used later than usual . |
| 16 | He has already reversed many measures taken by previous governments , which used martial law over economic matters and to detain political opponents or ban them from work or travel . |
| 17 | Presumably it was both practical and political reasons that led him to the subject working party strategy . |
| 18 | Abrams ( Bulmer , 1986 ) drew attention to the complexity of the concept ; many who are perceived as altruistic will themselves acknowledge the profound satisfaction which they derive from their supposedly selfless activities but find it difficult to put this into words . |
| 19 | They had removed their tall hats and placed them on their knees . |
| 20 | However , make sure you have recovered all of the stolen objects and returned them to their curators . |
| 21 | Lift a few leeks , parsnips and other overwintering vegetables and store them in a shed in case frost prevents you lifting them from open ground . |
| 22 | They are experiencing what women have always known — that the life-sustaining relationships that enable us to grit our teeth and pick our way through the mess made by men , to endure and to survive , are those we share with other women : our mothers , our sisters , our neighbours and friends . |
| 23 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 24 | He shrugged his broad shoulders and gave her a warm smile . |
| 25 | He shrugged the shirt from his broad shoulders and threw it casually on to a chair . |
| 26 | For friendship 's sake , Maud tried to keep off political subjects and urged him to stick to his poems and visions . |
| 27 | She had sat on the seat cover , resting her head on the porcelain of the washbasin , licking dry lips and bringing her breathing down . |
| 28 | Graham calling from in Sussex , is it the economic aspects that concern you most ? |
| 29 | By promoting economic aspects and bringing them out into the open for everyone to see , we are contributing towards better informed decisions on the part of prescribers and policy makers alike . ’ |
| 30 | Little Gabriels , out of control most of the time and impossible to educate , but with a fund of kindness that led them to rescue and foster wounded animals and plague her with them in the home . |