Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report clearly shows that Opposition warnings about what would happen after the reforms have proved to be completely false . |
| 2 | Subtract another loo calories from your daily total for this fruit and add 5g to your fibre total . |
| 3 | Oh we 've got , we 've got the , we 've got some Easter chocolates with us |
| 4 | However , not only is the wind downwind of a sail affected but also that behind the board , since the sail curves the wind and it takes a few board lengths for it to revert to its normal direction . |
| 5 | In the absence of any significant anti-secretory effects , it seems likely that the beneficial action of cisapride reported in this study results from its prokinetic qualities , which might enhance the clearance of acidic gastric effluent from the bulb , and thereby reduce its duration of contact with the duodenal mucosa . |
| 6 | Write some action points for yourself . |
| 7 | I want some car mats for his birthday . |
| 8 | Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs . |
| 9 | I baked some currant buns for you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well at least we 've got this beano thanks to her — Aunt 's been planning it for weeks , ever since she heard that this lady might be coming down here , you 'd think she were dining the Prince des Galles . ’ |
| 11 | The EEC offered West Germany and its booming economy a huge outlet for its industrial goods , in the same way as it offered France some export benefits for its large agricultural sector . |
| 12 | She had lost her handbag somewhere , but her wallet was still in her inside jacket pocket , and she had some make-up things in her coat . |
| 13 | It is not a particularly good book and Niki despises it , but it does have some home truths in it . |
| 14 | She 'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending , heartless , authoritarian attitude . |
| 15 | During filming he became firm friends with Steve McQueen , who played a psychopathic , womanizing American bomber captain who tries to seduce his co-pilot 's English girlfriend , only to be told a few home truths about his attitude to people and war . |
| 16 | On Sept. 17 , Panic faced renewed criticism from Serbian and some Montenegrin deputies over his suggestion that the FRY make a new application for UN membership . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know , Papa , ’ Artemis answered , brushing some cake crumbs off her dress . |
| 18 | I 'll bum some airmail envelopes from them . ’ |
| 19 | I have heard many other definitions ( not all of them polite ) , but most people agree that advancement of some sort features in their long-term plans for the future . |
| 20 | ‘ He might discuss some business matters with my father , for whom he has a tremendous respect , but apart from the fact that he does n't live at Parkwood any more he never boasts . ’ |
| 21 | We found some business cards in his hotel room . ’ |
| 22 | The pupils were then given the opportunity to create and experiment with her voice synthesiser as they performed some group poems of their own . |
| 23 | We 're all different — and yet there are some sound guidelines from which we can all learn : |
| 24 | It was an extraordinary sight to see a seventeenth-century church perched on steel-runners and pulled a few score metres from its original place . |
| 25 | I could take some colour photos of myself in the whole ensemble and maybe send Marcus one . |
| 26 | Some countries enhance their economic growth rates by acquiring some factor endowments outside their national frontiers , e.g. use of specialised labour or importation of capital equipment . |
| 27 | Maclean added that the government should urge the European Commission to accommodate more subsidiarity , allowing countries to decide some water standards for themselves . |
| 28 | In this event sites from which they were removed could be returned to their former use as agricultural land , or left to return to a natural condition , without serious difficulty . |
| 29 | If the sacrament of Holy Communion is the sacrament of reconciliation , of unity , of God making peace through the blood of his cross , then we must face the fact that this sacrament witnesses to our deep divisions , our brokenness and hurt . |
| 30 | Get Martin 's book ‘ Let's go skiing ’ for sound advice and organise some ski lessons for your technique . |