Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well this is rather strange you should ask that question , cos I just bought , bought an Engli er , erm dictionary |
| 2 | At its most absurd it might mean that companies could be sued for sending letters to the wrong address . |
| 3 | Once a soldier had been certified medically deaf he was always shipped home . |
| 4 | ( You are dead right he is . |
| 5 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 6 | When you invade the penalty area and make that all-important shot you 'll wonder why you bothered — the goalkeepers are so irritatingly agile it 's almost impossible for either team to score ! |
| 7 | Right dear I will |
| 8 | And you could also feel the , the shuddering of the , the wings and the fuselage er and er it was rather frightful you know , if you had n't been before . |
| 9 | So should voters , it would be rather absurd I think , well Mill thinks , that if jurors were expected to come to a decision on the basis of what they would prefer , would you prefer this person to be sent down or would you prefer them to get off . |
| 10 | Right that you know how to spell you know how to spell kit like a football kit or your gym kit . |
| 11 | I 'm bitterly sorry I behaved so stupidly towards you , but — I can promise I 'll never marry another man while you want me to be your wife , but — ’ |
| 12 | Stuart It 's really rather awful you know . |
| 13 | And I found it a little strange they were suggesting that an alternative approach may be suitable here , particularly when th the evidence has n't been put forw or gone through the public consultation process . |
| 14 | It is sad in several ways , not just because it springs from genuine human grief but because poor Uncle Ted , no matter how theologically illiterate he may have been , deserves better . |
| 15 | It 's rather interesting you should mention Baldwin , as a matter of fact , because I never met him . ’ |
| 16 | " Rather interesting I thought . " |
| 17 | Now , what I have learnt at college this week which is rather interesting I think . |
| 18 | Now today because it 's a little windy we 've rolled up some of the sail out of the way to make it easier for you |
| 19 | I 'm rather afraid I forgot . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm rather afraid I did , ’ Bill admits . |
| 21 | ‘ You know , I was rather afraid you were going to say something like that . ’ |
| 22 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 23 | She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ . |
| 24 | Tony DeFries was rather diffident — a little restrained I thought . |
| 25 | Devoy would surely count her match against Jackman as one of the most demanding she has experienced during her long reign as the world 's leading player , while Jackman , who was unlucky not to win the second game , pronounced herself happy with her performance . |
| 26 | Coming from the north , er the appearance of the village is rather different I think because it is masked to an extent by the existing vegetation . |
| 27 | no but you 've got them all in island right high you do n't |
| 28 | However , if a scheme is commercially sound I see no reason why private risk capital should not be available . |
| 29 | It is a call to us , too , to leave behind us the false self of our own independence , to celebrate how wholly dependent we are upon God . |
| 30 | Many guests told the board 's chairman , Sir Thomas Thomson , that the veg had been overboiled , while this reporter encountered a high proportion of fat in his pork stew — and jolly tasty it was , too . |