Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 2 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 3 | Anybody wants some copies I have a few copies here . |
| 4 | For the short term I have a few suggestions . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll remember my sayin' I had a few aces up m'sleeve , when we discussed our lack of numbers an ’ the possibility of these people operatin' outside patrols ? ’ |
| 6 | After the programme we exchanged a few words , but he had to dash off to another engagement . |
| 7 | Finally we give in and rent the movie we ignored a few months ago when we went to see Midnight Run . |
| 8 | After food is put into the mouth it takes a few minutes ( usually around five ) even to start having any physical effect in satisfying the hungry body . |
| 9 | To test it 's authenticity I chose a dozen snails in garlic butter to start a dish that I 'd only ever eaten in Paris before . |
| 10 | I went back to Batty Langley , who considered the gardens she designed a thousand times better than Versailles . |
| 11 | Again , Jeremiah was doing the Lord 's work as a servant ; in the passage we heard a few moments ago , he expressed his dismay at the manner in which he was being treated by the people . |
| 12 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 13 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 14 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 15 | Just after the War I carried a few bags there . |
| 16 | Analysing his match-winning contribution he said : ‘ Prior to the match I tried a few shots from that same position with my right foot and missed . |
| 17 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 18 | He told The Art Newspaper , ‘ Every two years we have a renewed clothes allowance , and we found that for a very little extra we could provide our warders with these outfits . |
| 19 | After his release and recovery he joined a United Nations medical programme for Third World nations , and reached Celebes in the early 1950s as part of a team of sixteen other doctors and nurses . |
| 20 | The story we heard a few moments ago concerns one of the miracles that God performed as a part of Elisha 's ministry in Israel . |
| 21 | Me and Andy looked all over for you both last night I had a few things on my mind |
| 22 | Last night I had a few things on my mind to be able to apologize . |
| 23 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 24 | In one revolution , whatever number of cones are on there there 's a feeder for , so if there 's a hundred feeders in one revolution it knits a hundred courses . |
| 25 | You 've got a dozen items I want a dozen items |
| 26 | Half-way down the boulevard she built a vast caravanserai which , before it was destroyed in 1857 , was regularly described by visitors to Delhi as the most magnificent building outside the fort . |
| 27 | Every month we get a few plonkers sending their tapes back to us . |
| 28 | PLAYERS from England , Scotland , Ireland , Norway , Denmark , Sweden , Iceland and Spain were on duty in the 111th north London derby — at times they needed a United Nations peace-keeping force to maintain law and order . |
| 29 | It occurred to me that it might be Ruth Cohen again , but I could n't have been more wrong , for when I opened the door I found a young police constable standing there in his navy-blue mac wet with rain . |
| 30 | To Eric I say a heartfelt merci bien for everything you 're doing at Leeds , and for everything you may yet do to help improve my love life . |