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Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ He was drinking even more than usual that night .
2	His thirst was deeper than usual that night , his colour higher and his eyes brighter .
3	His mother , who had spent longer with him in the garden than usual that day , led him into the sitting room when they returned to the house .
4	Perhaps it is only in retrospect that the artists ' balls , the fancy-dress dances , the 14th of July celebration seemed more brilliant than usual that summer just before the First World War .
5	He did less sketching than usual that summer , whilst travelling France in the company of Ricky Stride and his friend Roy Vincent , an acrobat at the Shepherd 's Bush Empire and who , like Ricky , belonged to a crowd of friends who met by the river at Runnymede to swim , sunbathe , exercise and do acrobatics .
6	They always first-named each other in the bank , part of the family atmosphere New York insisted on .
7	As far as Gaily could judge , the cards got more and more unsuitable each year .
8	He 's a bloody that idiot !
9	The group 's organisers are aghast that South-East Asians have caught the Japanese love of driving and putting .
10	So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty .
11	An Annual Fee is due each year on enrolment .
12	That 's gon na be a bit gon na be a bit loud that Gav .
13	‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least .
14	Bank overdraft Flexible borrowing up to a certain ceiling for people with bank accounts , usually without security , and paid off over a few months , but can be extended over several years ; interest , calculated each day on how much the account is overdrawn that day , fluctuates in line with bank base rates ( usually about two per cent higher ) .
15	‘ They were really upset that school was cancelled .
16	‘ They were really upset that school was cancelled .
17	‘ If Mam was upset that night it was Viola 's doing .
18	‘ He told me he had been very upset that day .
19	The Queen was so upset that Palace officials asked the Government to step in .
20	It was a long time before I fell asleep that night !
21	I fall asleep that night with the rapid roaring in my ears .
22	I fell asleep that night saying : Thank you , God , Thank you , God , and with images of myself explaining to Leon the rhythm of the forestry and fields , teaching him love for what I loved .
23	Actually , I 'm afraid I 'm sorry that mike seems to be dead , you 're going to have to come round and stand in front of all these hundred and fifty , three hundred people here doctor .
24	Or else you can be on the way back from from from Europe and suddenly find , Oh I 'm sorry that plane 's not leaving tonight Mister would you mind going and spending the night in the holiday hotel in so and so and so and so .
25	The Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee has argued in vain that law centres should be treated as an essential part of the national network of legal services and that the Lord Chancellor should take on responsibility for their core funding .
26	Is it right that liability for the second most heinous crime in English law , which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment , should be satisfied by this relatively low grade of fault ?
27	Well , if I knew that , Mr Barnes , I 'd know what it was that was n't right that day , would n't I ? ’
28	What had not been right that day ?
29	My hon. Friend is right that management as well as money is what counts .
30	Thus in Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , Dixon C.J. clearly had doubts as to whether it was right that money paid pursuant to an unlawful demand of the Crown should not be recoverable .