Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is a diesel-engine car which will out-gun many of its petrol-engine rivals . |
| 2 | After a light lunch we would siesta in our bedroom , and not emerge until sunset . |
| 3 | You complain how seldom I attend you , and when you are always talking of matrimony or this low-born raw girl it must needs lessen the pleasure of approaching you . |
| 4 | For other instant transformations you could jazz up an all-white kitchen say , by adding red and white tiles and red handles , or by just painting a stripe all along between drawers and cupboard doors . |
| 5 | A National Guard , reporting directly to the President , was to be established immediately , in order to reduce the role of the army in riot control ; according to official sources it would number tens of thousands , and would incorporate the riot police . |
| 6 | His people will share the vision and strive for it too , creating their own personal vision of what is required , a personal vision which will mesh in with that of the Profitboss and the overall company . |
| 7 | Here in sophisticated surroundings you can wine , dine and dance , or simply enjoy a pleasant lunch or good dinner . |
| 8 | Organic Food You Can Trust lists shops , wholesalers and market stalls . |
| 9 | I really could I said to him if you do n't shut your bloody gob I 'll belt you one . |
| 10 | She is a friendly and helpful hostess who will book horse-riding , golf and fishing for her guests . |
| 11 | Unlike one of those characters whom Charles Dickens described as taking ‘ Night Walks ’ in The Uncommercial Traveller , the well-to-do , clever , suitably married man who Should society sit by and allow ‘ characters ’ who chose to be loose with their money to get away with it ? |
| 12 | So having diffused to the endoplasmic reticulum it can gate open the calcium channel , and this leads to an elevation of internal calcium , not from the external medium now , but from internal stores . |
| 13 | If they discovered evidence of share dealing ahead of the takeover by individuals using confidential information they would institute more formal inquiries . |
| 14 | In part this is due to a desire to avoid a rigidly causal account which will straitjacket capitalist societies into a single position , not allowing for their diversity and variation . |
| 15 | The most troublesome cases are provided where the problem is identified by pluralists as one of incomplete integration into the central value-system resulting in a state of backwardness in the outlying regions which may t e permanent . |
| 16 | These investors were not rich entrepreneurs who could aford the loss , the court was told , but ordinary savers who wanted , and were promised , a good return on their savings . |
| 17 | However , applying such a model directly to the topic of attitudes towards the monarchy would neglect the role of implicit factors , especially the implicit justifications which could be called upon should an argumentative attack be mounted or the implicit criticisms which would surface into explicitness under changed historical circumstances . |
| 18 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 19 | I 've enjoyed having you here , and in a small way it will sort of thank David , make it up to him by having his granddaughter to stay . |
| 20 | If demand is greater we can either book another bus or use the mini bus which will seat another 15 . |
| 21 | In truth , the task was less daunting than it could have been , partly because a considerable number of our sportspersons did not ( Gasp ! ) regularly purchase the magazine and were therefore unlikely to spot the odd line which might interest m'learned friends . |
| 22 | I find it 's very difficult in these ovens to , you know a normal oven you could sort of put things to the bottom that you 've already done . |
| 23 | The particular organisations which will benefit have been nominated by members of the families of the tree who were |
| 24 | No fire-escape , no convenient drainpipe anyone could shin up . |
| 25 | Warning that there was no single mechanism which would catapult Britain to economic strength , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ Research and development , transport and communications , science , education and training ; they are the priorities . |
| 26 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 27 | If they are arthritic , their sight is poor , or they are subject to dizzy spells they may trip over the flex . |
| 28 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |
| 29 | It might look hi-tech , but very soon Central will be operating new equipment which will speed-up the operation even more . |
| 30 | Even allowing for my interest in all things Cambrian it is a well worthwhile volume which would interest even the least technically proficient enthusiast . |