Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They chose instead to define only one boundary ( the lower ) of each division and to define it by a " golden spike " ( unfortunately only hypothetical ) driven into the most suitable horizon in the most appropriate section . |
| 2 | Well we may as well have got that money and thrown it down the toilet ! |
| 3 | If she was older she would go into that kitchen and tear her apart . |
| 4 | He had changed physically but the movement of his body down the carriage for coffee still had that freedom that set him apart from the suited composure of the brief case brigade that filled the train . |
| 5 | After the breakfast things had been washed up I had to take the milk separator to bits and wash each part and dry them in front of the fire and then put them together again ready for the night 's milking . |
| 6 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 7 | After all the peel and pith have been removed , cut in between the membranes of each segment and separate them . |
| 8 | And you had to do all that dusting and keep it and you 'd read over all these things , every time you dusted until you got to know them . |
| 9 | ‘ And I was walking past the T-shirt stall and this girl I know who does Jesus Jones ' T-shirts ran over to me and said , This guy wants to talk to you — he wants to talk to you — he wants to buy the rights for that T-shirt and put them in the shops ! |
| 10 | ‘ And I was walking past the T-shirt stall and this girl I know who does Jesus Jones ' T-shirts ran over to me and said , This guy wants to talk to you — he wants to talk to you — he wants to buy the rights for that T-shirt and put them in the shops ! |
| 11 | Now John recalled that struggle and told her that the Italians had invaded Abyssinia and taken Addis Ababa with modern weapons , including poison gas , in spite of a declaration by the League of Nations . |
| 12 | From a small vase , she took two of the daisies they had picked that afternoon and wound them strategically in Portia 's hair . |
| 13 | When they had carried him into his cage that afternoon and taken him out of the carrier box in which he had journeyed for so long , he had hardly dared to look around him at the other cages . |
| 14 | And that 's not really opera , it 's theatre , musical theatre , and we 're experimenting quite considerably with the theatre in that case and doing it almost in the round . |
| 15 | ‘ Please love , be a good boy , just wipe Annie 's hands for her on that flannel and take her to watch telly , will you ? |
| 16 | To my way of thinking you had seen too much of my secretary , I decided on that instant that to take you out of his vicinity was an excellent idea . ’ |
| 17 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 18 | ‘ It was that advert that did it , I think . |
| 19 | Do you want that piece or do you want me to cut you another ? |
| 20 | he said that will all look bad on him he said if he sold it and er do n't I , he , he said he 's got two choices , he either sells that car and pays off the loan in both your names or he , he sells that car and gives you half |
| 21 | Journalists who call to the farm to interview me do see us in that setting and describe it as they will but those really are only momentary glimpses into what must remain , fundamentally , my private life . |
| 22 | Consciousness you raise through your sexuality allows you to enter that non-reality and use it . |
| 23 | Proper local accountability requires a substantial source of revenue , and freedom to spend that revenue or reduce it . |
| 24 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 25 | Franco knew well what the Allied game was , but , in view of Axis reluctance to give generously , he had little alternative but to play it . |
| 26 | The author charts this progress and compares it with the British decision to choose the advanced gas cooled reactor ( AGR ) in 1965 . |
| 27 | No they 're not the same thing , er , cooperatives are er , organizations of workers who come together to provide services , and the County Council has actually provided some support and enabled them to get started . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | These are for the climbers , and when you feel puny as a walker you can sidle over to someone looking through this rail and look them straight in the eye , secure in the knowledge that nothing in hill-walking requires you to dress in such a gruesome fashion . |
| 30 | Mr Popple unravelled some toilet-paper and threw it down to cover up the spider as it was thrown against the ceramic sides of the bowl . |