Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | NUMEROSO : Perhaps he will , but if I were one of the people coming to live here I 'd want some kind of security I think … or would I ? |
2 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
3 | These fish in the 1lb to 2lb class can be a hundred or more strong in a shoal , and if you begin catching this size of barbel it is likely they will remain in the swim , feeding off and on , for as long as you have bait to keep them interested . |
4 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
5 | We believe that if we could liberate this wealth of talent we would transform our economy and create a shared society of which we should all be proud . |
6 | Yes , we all know that he prefers consensus rather than confrontation and I suppose maybe because he has that kind of style he might be just what the doctor ordered for the nineties . |
7 | Of course , to write this sort of book you will need to be able to put yourself into such a central character 's mind . |
8 | In order to meet this type of situation you need to know how to evaluate a pedagogical grammar . |
9 | Yeah but he had n't registered , that 's what cos I said to well I do n't really know this sort of thing I said , said here , that 's first I knew . |
10 | By adopting this method of study he wasted less time and it also enabled him to learn more efficiently . |
11 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
12 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
13 | Children here do n't lack any sort of ability it 's because th they English is n't their first language so they need support in learning English to help them with the everyday necessities of the national curriculum . |
14 | Will there be too many conflicts ? ( c ) Will plaintiff personal injury work preclude other types of work you are or wish to be engaged in , such as corporate and commercial business ? |
15 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |
16 | ( Note : in order to answer this type of question it is necessary to look at what was counted as explanation by this school , i.e. what led them to believe this ? ) |
17 | And I said well if , if you 're gon na do this sort of thing you keep your bloody gob shut . |
18 | By understanding the way the Greeks separated various facets of love we have a much better idea of where God places his emphasis . |
19 | Before you undertake any form of exercise it is very important that you warm up properly . |
20 | At present a person can take a few driving lessons and pass a driving test and he is then free to purchase any type of car they can afford , regardless of how powerful that car is . |
21 | If you start using large quantities of alcohol it can be purchased in 10 litre amounts ( min. order ) from Hayman Ltd , Witham , Essex ( tel. 0376 517 517 ) at about one third of the pharmacy price . |
22 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
23 | Oh and if you 're paying that kind of money you could afford a mortgage could n't you ? |
24 | In view of these market changes we would ask the Chancellor to utilise that degree of flexibility he has retained to reduce the degree of excise duty discrimination against spirits . |
25 | But if you have n't got that amount of capital it takes capital out of your hands and you ca n't spend it in five years time if you need it because you 've given it away effectively forever . |
26 | I do n't know , I imagine that it 's something tha they 're construct some work of art they |
27 | Oh he said they 've got all sorts of aggro he said . |
28 | The good news is that as none of your other fishes have shown any signs of disease it sounds as if it was something non-infectious , so that you should have nothing to worry about regarding their health . |
29 | Now if they 've got any sense of course they will put down businesses which they already have lots of dealings with |
30 | This might include offering a verbal report to a staff meeting or circulating a short written report , asking pupils to identify any pieces of information they would like brought back from the secondment , or giving a talk to a tutor group . |