Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 2 | we wanted to go for a wee meal erm afterwards and it meant er made an awfully late night with the , having the baby-sitter , got Christine next door coming in to baby-sit . |
| 3 | In the same sale the top price of £11,700 was given for a twelve-piece Ring 's Pattern set of table cutlery in an oak canteen which was made in Sheffield in 1931 and £950 for a George IV coffee pot of panelled baluster form decorated with acanthus leaf motifs made in London in 1825 , probably by Joseph Angell . |
| 4 | Marietta of Patras was a woman of birth , honoured as a dead monarch 's permanent mistress . |
| 5 | Money and medical services can make a person 's life less miserable , but no amount of money can compensate for a crippled player 's loss of freedom . |
| 6 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough Council is hoping at qualify for a further year 's Government grant to finance champion coaching sessions for young sportspeople . |
| 8 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 9 | Wimpey Homes have revised the site layout to provide for a possible future 0·2 hectare extension of South Gyle station car park and adjusted the western boundary of the school site accordingly . |
| 10 | In consequence , therefore , any one of these three procedures will be considered as a normal evening 's work . |
| 11 | That looks like a young man 's demagogy ( cp . |
| 12 | It was made of dark wood and looked like a graceful gorilla 's paw . |
| 13 | When the great gate of Newgate slammed behind them , Cranston leaned against it , gasping for clean air , his great body quivering like a beached whale 's . |
| 14 | Photocopied onto a heavy red A4 sheet of paper and folded in both directions . |
| 15 | The tour starts with a full day 's sightseeing taking in East Berlin , Cecilienhof and Potsdam . |
| 16 | And strict interpretation of the ten miles and Mr reminded me would just pinch in a little bit erm of the of the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 17 | Sometimes he felt like a middle-aged man trapped inside a young man 's body . |
| 18 | A police spokeswoman said they could not confirm reports of a second bag snatch from a another woman 's car just a few minutes later . |
| 19 | Kenneth came across it while returning from a far-flung artist 's studio where he 'd been to purchase a John Miller watercolour for my birthday . |
| 20 | Unmarried , she lives in a former doctor 's surgery in Crook which doubles as the constituency office . |
| 21 | The British Museum 's show was originally scheduled to coincide with the publication of its new catalogue of the drawings of Rembrandt and his School , due to appear in a few year 's time . |
| 22 | Mr Nofomela is to appear in a Natal magistrate 's court to be charged with the murder of the Durban civil rights lawyer , Griffiths Mxenge . |
| 23 | I think the management thing can be addressed in a different way erm excuse me erm , oh I 've lost my thread now but , oh yeah that 's right |
| 24 | Erm the the Kuomintang , make no mistake about it , were committed to a national revolution erm an and therefore they were revolutionary , they were , they were claiming to be as revolutionary as the communists . |
| 25 | Erm , we would n't want the policy to progress so far erm as to get to the stage of looking for a specific site and for us to pull the rug underneath the County , and for other authorities to pull the rug from underneath the County at that stage , erm to answer to Mr Heselton 's specific question , of course we would n't object to a new settlement er in Selby , but erm it does n't erm it does n't detract from our objection to erm the principle of the policy , the way the policy 's expressed . |
| 26 | Erm our marketing has been targeted on a geographical basis er on three main areas . |
| 27 | But the book does explore the emotional effect that this major change has on a small boy 's life in a clever and very unusual way . |
| 28 | While GRIST courses can help to raise awareness of particular issues , the benefits of providing a programme of in-house courses addressed to a particular school 's needs may have much more relevance for the staff . |
| 29 | He was also working for the Department of Archaeology and the Museum and , greatest profit of all , teaching English to the daughter of a rich immigrant Hungarian Jewish family who paid him , for just two lessons a week , more money than his poor father had earned by a hard week 's slog in the docks . |
| 30 | In the subsequent weeks leading up to Christmas , Liza saw Freddie Nash only twice : once at a private party given by two officers who rented a small cottage in the district , the second time at a dance organised by a certain county grande dame , who seemed to think she was destined to introduce the opposite sex to one another as her personal contribution to the war effort . |