Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 2 | Charles 's best general , Lord George Murray , had persuaded him to take the south-west route into England , to keep the Pennines between himself and Field Marshal Wade , and the Jacobites therefore advanced on Carlisle , while the deputy-mayor and clergy observed their approach apprehensively through ‘ a very large spying glass ’ from the cathedral tower . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll give you where 's the kid … she 's your daughter , Roy Ryan , and you fought hammer and tongs to marry her mother . |
| 4 | In New York State where 25 per cent of the electorate is Black , where more than 40,000 Americans live homeless , where drug dealing and drug addiction terrorize every neighborhood , where bridges collapse and subways defy your tolerance for filth , and where public schools fail to keep most of their students and also fail to teach the ones who stay , what was ‘ the issue of Israel ’ ? |
| 5 | Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA , which replicates and propagates itself entirely independently of the main DNA in the chromosomes of the nucleus . |
| 6 | ( i ) Title music Combined with a title design , this is usually repeated at the beginning and the end of each programme and helps give it an identity . |
| 7 | When he broke his neck and doctors said he might not race again , he discharged himself and was on the circuit again within seven weeks . |
| 8 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 9 | High vaulted ceilings and historic frescoes have inspired the Fine Arts Commission to designate it an historic monument and guests feel they are living with history . |
| 10 | He came back to her in a barely controlled rush , gently parting her legs , his mouth and hands caressing her body in a way that made her move sinuously against him , and which wrenched a low moan of need from his throat . |
| 11 | He explored her shamelessly , and his squeezing and probings froze something inside her , so that their effect was the exact opposite of what he intended . |
| 12 | The saucepan and potatoes hit him full in the chest , the water drenching him . |
| 13 | It served the ancients well but as time went by infibulation dropped from regular practice and adolescents resumed theirs . |
| 14 | In effect I reckon it will only take a slight upward change of gear and performances to become something special . |
| 15 | The same day the King died , late in the morning , this mysterious Frenchman hired my husband 's boat and services to take him across to Inverkeithing . |
| 16 | The electricity supply industry and others use it to insulate high-voltage circuit breakers and cables . |
| 17 | After the wheat had been harvested and the rice transplanted we were no longer needed , and took the same train back to Raxaul , leaving the buffalo grazing , Goshai fishing and villagers making their offerings under the holy tree . |
| 18 | Rosentiel 's fourth wife Susan spent ten years trying to divorce him , a decade of singular bitterness , involving his perjury and attempts to jail her . |
| 19 | If the board is left unattended in the water it can drift away very quickly as the wind and waves catch it , whereas the rig only drifts very slowly . |
| 20 | The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water . |
| 21 | Lucy stepped into her warmest black and white trousers and high-necked top , and when the appetising aroma of sizzling bacon and eggs drew her towards breakfast she found the dining-room to be nicely heated by the logs blazing in the large open fireplace . |
| 22 | wool and fibres makes you |
| 23 | Yet some people seem to learn to live with imperfection and others find it an impenetrable barrier . |
| 24 | Of course it is good to see artists at work and artists discussing their work on TV , but so many of the programmes have been disappointing . |
| 25 | It is ideal for planning remedial work and helps identify which grammatical areas should be worked on . |
| 26 | The early interest in church architecture and brasses afforded him destinations for the bicycle . |
| 27 | Worst of all , Management and Personnel say there 's no trace of Summerchild 's dossier at Great George Street . |
| 28 | At high levels of the machinery , the complexity of the structure creates lengthy delays in the processing of negotiating items , and the opportunities for procrastination ( for example , in arranging meetings ) are exploited by both management and unions to suit their purposes . |
| 29 | Their first soreness and troubles led him to Nairn . |
| 30 | Wycliffe had scarcely spoken since leaving the hall and Scales knew him too well to try to involve him in conversation . |