Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad I 'm out and I 'm glad that I never see some of them bloody people again |
| 2 | When the tide rises , cold waters flood in , bringing with them hard-fighting sea-trout which dash through the brackish , salt waters , sending waves swirling and anglers ' hearts racing . |
| 3 | She says all them old people round there know him . |
| 4 | But even as preparations were being made to fly them home , talks were going on with independent schools all over England in the hope of finding them free places.Andrew Auster is one of the organizers of the scheme … and he 'll be taking some of the orphans at the Downs School in Colwall : |
| 5 | I 'd like to give them fresh fruit , whereas the good food has to be limited . |
| 6 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 7 | In the meantime , if you want to ask questions , come to me , not to my junior staff . |
| 8 | I make my potted salmon in a shallow round white pot decorated on the outside with coloured fish . |
| 9 | Twice my bloody Piedmontese tried to get rid of the Protestants at their gates . |
| 10 | MacDonald 's reply — ‘ I explained my hopeless parlty. position if there were any resignations ’ — is a clear indication that he found the idea of a National Government distasteful ; indeed , that his position was likely to be ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 11 | The frequency with which Creole utterances are met with laughter in my conversational data is remarkable . |
| 12 | My Dear People . |
| 13 | I mean I found it almost as ridiculous as trying to sort of say , well half of my clerical staff are fairly incompetent so I think we should have a sort of incompetency rating for each of |
| 14 | ‘ Although , in fact , a lot of my top sales people are women ; especially on the telephone-selling side . |
| 15 | He plucked some grapes from my complimentary fruit bowl . |
| 16 | One of my favourite species is the bream , not for his superior fighting power , for he does not test my tackle to any great degree , but because he tests my thinking power to the limit . |
| 17 | His sheer aggression on the end of a line makes him , too , one of my favourite species . |
| 18 | It would be a dream come true to be able to observe my favourite species in a more natural situation . |
| 19 | ‘ Ah , my favourite people ! ’ he exclaimed fulsomely . |
| 20 | I had the opportunity to get all my favourite people together . |
| 21 | They are my favourite people . |
| 22 | Do keep in touch , Doug , you 're one of my favourite people , you know , despite the fact that you 're completely MAD ! |
| 23 | She 's not one of my favourite people . |
| 24 | You get , I mean , Dave and Steve , alright , they 've never been my favourite people but all this pious goings-on with Dave , how much he hates the town clerk , and whatever opportunity he could get he would |
| 25 | My favourite fish is Sole . |
| 26 | But as my historical data grew I discovered , from other sources , statements which contradicted the statements of the local historian and in most cases when I checked carefully I found that he was inaccurate . |
| 27 | I have a problem with my marine fish — in particular with a Regal Tang which is scratching itself against the tufa rock . |
| 28 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
| 29 | Nothing costs over £50 , prices start at £9 , and the line now accounts for 65 per cent of my overall sales . ’ |
| 30 | Several years ago , my tropical fish tank suffered the dreaded overnight powercut , and while all the other fish perished , the angelfish was still swimming around , somewhat lethargically , as though nothing had happened . |