Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 2 | Most of the women he goes off with when we have a bad row are certainly not the type which would make me jealous — which , of course , is the main purpose of the exercise ! |
| 3 | Before long I had a bloody |
| 4 | The lines seem to shift and shimmer as you look at them and before long you have a powerful desire to look away , anywhere but at the painfully dazzling pattern in front of you . |
| 5 | Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her . |
| 6 | From there I had a good view of a beautiful statue of the Madonna and Child lit by the flickering flames of candlelight , as well as of a small raised plinth of stone which I supposed marked the tomb of some notable . |
| 7 | I climbed into the garden and crouched in the porch , from whence I had a good view of the street . |
| 8 | You go up some steps to a reception area , from where you have a clear view down into the clean kitchen , then down some steps into a dining room that looks like a well-lit Tube tunnel . |
| 9 | Graham said : ‘ We 've got to get back to what we were doing before when we had a 10-match unbeaten run . |
| 10 | The example nicely raises the issue of the degree to which a general linguistic theory is committed to giving an account of language understanding : for here we have a complex interaction between deictic words ( clearly a linguistic problem ) and a culture 's temporal reckoning systems ( not so clearly a linguistic problem ) , and the pre-emptive usage of deictic words ( which lies somewhere in between ) . |
| 11 | At least they had a whole house , with three bedrooms . |
| 12 | The disabled face much frustration and discrimination in their lives and it is vitally important that they receive the maximum help through education , careers guidance , training and help with obtaining employment so that at least they have a real chance to find and keep satisfactory work . |
| 13 | ‘ At least we had a nice love , ’ she said . |
| 14 | He went on to add , ‘ If we have level funding in real terms at least we have a stable situation . |
| 15 | Andy Hare missed gaining his card by 3 shots , so at least he had a good go at it . |
| 16 | The book took more than its share of the available table space ; but at least she had a legitimate job . |
| 17 | At least you had a good reason in the beginning . ’ |
| 18 | At least you have a private room . |
| 19 | At least I had a firmer grasp of the industrial development of West Ham and the distinct political culture it had witnessed , particularly during the 1890s . |
| 20 | At least I had a good head of hair , even if one or two were gray . |
| 21 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 22 | To ease my conscience , for every parking I bought an indoor pot plant , so that by now we have a veritable jungle growing along all the window sills , crawling up the walls and wrapping their tendrils around the television set . |
| 23 | By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan . |
| 24 | By then she had a terrible headache , but Hyper.0/6. one dose , relieved the headache instantly , the numbness was 50% improved after one minute and completely resolved after 30 minutes . |