Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 the name of the game is to race over the mountains … you can either go flat out for the fastest time … or take a treasure hunt sort of trail where you find and check in at remote control points … the route you find yourself …
2 But even where a case is tried summarily , magistrates still have the power to commit a convicted defendant to the Crown Court for sentence where they feel that their own powers are inadequate .
3 There are chapters dealing with absolute medical emergencies , such as a crush injury to the chest or what to do if your child is trapped in a smoke-filled room .
4 Employees moving from an unfurnished flatlet or room to similar accommodation at the new base or who rent or buy a house at the new location receive a grant of £438 .
5 So I either have it in the kitchen or I go and I say to them do you want a cup of tea ?
6 As we came into view , hairy male legs moving like pistons beat a hasty retreat to the nearest available nook where they crouched and huddled in speechless terror .
7 It thus mattered a great deal where one Lived and to what sort of job one became initially attached .
8 I went along to the dining car where I found that Zak had already positioned some of the actors at the tables for the cocktail-hour double-length scene .
9 A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened .
10 And the Aussie beamed : ‘ Leigh are a lot better side than I thought and there is a great deal more football in the team than I was led to believe . ’
11 Now at this stage er it is the plaintiff 's case that Mr er considered that this caused major financial problems , because the property at Frinton was simply not one that was open to him to offer as security , it was clear that the bank would now as he saw it , on the deal that he understood that he 'd struck and he knew that without the bank 's help he would not be able to er proceed with this purchase and operate he business in the way he had wished to .
12 And we 've seen , we 've seen the commitment to Local Government , have n't we , on the planning application on the , where two local Councillors , two Labour Councillors , sitting there , listened so much to their electorate that they abstain when it comes up to the vote ?
13 Force-carrying particles can be grouped into four categories according to the strength of the force that they carry and the particles with which they interact .
14 One last kiss , then Kate was left alone in the small bedroom that she used when she came home .
15 Young wheat especially , so pure and tender , woke in him the same emotion that he had when observing the face of a sleeping baby .
16 The illusion that I had and perhaps many others had in the early seventies was that somehow we could reach a blissful state where all tensions and anxieties would not be there and we would be sexually , as well as emotionally , free .
17 Mr Gray said the fact of the repatriations from Allied-occupied Austria in May and June 1945 was accepted , but what was at issue was Lord Aldington 's role , and the allegation that he knew that they would be killed .
18 It is very important that such people are helped to get back in touch with the loss that they experienced when they were young .
19 Just as she felt ashamed and somehow responsible for the disgrace of her mother 's lover so she felt that the man 's attack had been her fault .
20 It is extraordinary that many more people have an inspection when buying a second-hand car than they do when purchasing a house .
21 The Government will cause that because it has no mandate so it follows that if the Government has no mandate you must resist its attempts to exercise one . ’
22 He did not register much surprise at this important discovery , but it needs to be borne in mind that he supposed that he had reached islands near the eastern shores of Asia rather than a land mass inaccessible to the descendents of Noah !
23 Regarding the customer as all-important is an attitude of mind that he develops and encourages through the organization .
24 This , of course , was not her only reward in life , but she made her hour a ritual that everyone observed and she derived a lot of pleasure from it .
25 And he , erm , in fact puts in a greater investment than she does because he has to do the transportation , protection and everything .
26 He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well .
27 I would recommend for any talk that you give that you do n't use more than two types of visual aid .
28 The silver threepenny piece that I received as reward was hard earned but the episode taught me a lesson early in life — that good results are only achieved by extra effort .
29 She was enjoying herself so much that she stayed on the floor longer than she should have done and it was only when she saw Mrs Freer making furious faces at her from the doorway that she turned and glided back .
30 It was when I asked [ my wife ] to inject me in the neck that she said that she 'd leave me and take the [ four ] kids with her , if I did n't do something about it .
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