Review: The Function Of Phrases

1. The projectionist dreamt that he chased an enormous gorilla around the theatre.

2. Justine hoped to attend the masquerade even though her guardian had forbidden such adventures.

3. The child dancing about the stage hopes to become a movie star.

4. The reporter consulted a number of published accounts before interviewing the senator.

5. The party was a dreadful failure because the caterers forgot to bring the tableware.

6. The guild is meeting to discuss the latest misdemeanours of the apprentices.

7. They heard high pitched cries in the middle of the night.

8. Megan believed that dreaming about grapes meant that she should skip Latin class.

9. The guard woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm knocked a bowl of potato chips off the desk.

10. The reporter consulted a number of published accounts before interviewing the senator.

11. The bar was full of patiently waiting customers.

12. I was driven mad by the sound of my neighbour's constant piano practising.

13. The committee gave our neighbourhood association an award for innovative tree planting.

14. I hate camping and nothing you tell me will persuade me to get into a canoe with you.

15. The apprentices elected Wilkins Lord of Misrule.

16. When she was a young woman, she earned her meagre living as a coal miner.

17. According to the chart, making supper is Richard's duty tonight and washing the dishes is Dorothy's.

18. The guard woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm knocked a bowl of potato chips off the desk.

19. Thomson was a landscape painter.

20. During the winter the smell of woodsmoke drifts through the neighbourhood.