Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held a hand to his chest where he carried his brother 's memory . |
| 2 | The same payment is given to staff who lived in furnished accommodation at the previous base who move to rented unfurnished property at the new base or who buy their own houses in the new area . |
| 3 | To read Mrs McDermott 's vivid recollection of those final precious moments when she spoke to her son and tidied his hair before he ran off to play in Ormeau Park where he met his killer would melt the hardest of hearts . |
| 4 | David Riley at the council park where he broke his arm Picture : CLIFF BRETT |
| 5 | Leavis 's reputation as a crabbed stylist and boldly innovative thinker who had been rejected by a university where he spent his entire life was largely a figment of his own mind , and so much of his post-war life was devoted to mythologising his own career that it is difficult , by now , to recognise what a conventional figure in his place and day he always was . |
| 6 | He was educated at Bowmore school and Glasgow University where he obtained his M.A. in 1863 and was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1891 . |
| 7 | She was born in Aberdeen and was a student at the city 's university where she gained her MA in 1969 . |
| 8 | Such conditions are often the subject of international agreements between countries and copies of the Conditions which apply to your holiday/flight/sailing are available for inspection at the travel agent where you book your holiday or any of our offices . |
| 9 | These Conditions are often the subject of international agreements between countries , and copies of the Conditions which apply to your air or sea travel are available for inspection at the travel agent where you book your holiday , or at Horizon Holiday 's office . |
| 10 | Those already enrolled in the NetWare Update Programme or who bought their NetWare under the Premium promotion will automatically get NetWare 4.0 when it ships March 31 . |
| 11 | Paul claimed he only joined the Normanby Road Methodist Church for the youth club where he began his entertainment career . |
| 12 | Saint Basil was so enchanted by this selfless action that he concluded his comments with the words ‘ If things seen are so lovely , what must things unseen be ? ’ |
| 13 | Among them , the suggestion that during surgery her head was n't properly supported , or that a surgical hammer used in the operation was applied with so much force that it damaged her spinal cord . |
| 14 | Panic-struck once she saw her mistake she immediately confronted Bernard with the truth , apologized and offered her resignation . |
| 15 | In a letter addressed ‘ Dear Boris ’ and signed ‘ Yours John ’ Mr Major told the Russian president that he supported his emphasis on ‘ controlling inflation , completing land reform and helping … businesses ’ . |
| 16 | Because they , too , have a special relationship with a child 's mother — with its own areas of physical and emotional exclusivity — children have to give up the illusion that they own their mother , and so they must learn to share . |
| 17 | Lt John Garrett , commanding officer of the Walton on the Naze Sea Cadet unit , said : ‘ The yacht Rebel has always provided an excellent training opportunity for Walton cadets and we too share the sadness and sense of loss that we know our friends and colleagues will be feeling . ’ |
| 18 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 19 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 20 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 21 | The only dish she made that we could tolerate was syrup tart , which we praised extravagantly , with the result that it became our unhealthy staple diet . |
| 22 | I understand the reply that you gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) , but is it not possible to ask the Leader of the House , who is present , when we will have a statement about Mr. Rushdie and the ayatollah 's decision ? |
| 23 | ‘ Bear in mind that I gave my evidence after Blissett had been charged by the FA for a serious breach of the laws of the game — and the experienced commission of inquiry , which conducted a rigorous investigation into the incident , cleared him . |
| 24 | A passing labourer directed her , and it was in this anxious , preoccupied state of mind that she made her first appearance in Overclyst . |
| 25 | They think that they are far too rare to travel with the ordinary animals on Noah 's ark so they build their own ’ . |
| 26 | They think that they are far too rare to travel with the ordinary animals on Noah 's ark so they build their own ’ . |
| 27 | Other countries apparently more successful than us , never seem to mind change , the British do for fear that it diminishes their lot in life . |
| 28 | At the age of 12 , Kitto was taken on by his father to assist him in his trade , and it was shortly afterwards when he was working for his father slating a new roof that he lost his footing in the act of stepping off a ladder and fell thirty-five feet to the ground . |
| 29 | Because it is subject to the conditions of carriage that we accept their business and therefore we have to provide them with written information . |
| 30 | It is as a stranger that I greet my own self , and see it as an unknown fellow traveller through time . |