Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could imagine his tolerant lawyer 's smile as he demolished her fears and speculations . |
| 2 | ‘ I have family and friends who assume that Rangers will beat FC Brugge with a couple of goals to spare , but in order to do that we will need to play throughout this week 's game as we did in the second half over there , ’ he added . |
| 3 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 4 | SPEEDWAY : Joe Screen , who won the British under-21 championship in 1990 , will start favourite for this year 's title as he chases a £10,000 bonus from sponsors Homefire . |
| 5 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 6 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 7 | She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness . |
| 8 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
| 9 | The cameraman is recording a ‘ cut on action ’ which is centred on the little girl 's hand as it reaches down to pat the goat . |
| 10 | It is probable , therefore , that the internal payment certificate will not be raised in time for inclusion in the current month 's costing as they will be received by the accountant after the close down date for the month . |
| 11 | So that would make erm er five one six five as a married man 's or a married couple 's allowance as it 's now called , plus the three four four five . |
| 12 | Foreign transactions may be seen as parts of a single world-wide system where individual entries should be translated into the holding company 's currency as they arise ( the temporal method ) . |
| 13 | Have I decided to submit all this to the Prime Minister 's office as it stands , to lay it all just as it is before Francis Tite and let fate take its course ? |
| 14 | His pale eyes ice-burned Jess 's skin as she hastily pulled the remnants of the shirt around her . |
| 15 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
| 16 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
| 17 | First he squeezed 60-year-old Jean 's hand as she sat by his bed . |
| 18 | An untidily dressed Maud flung open Mildred 's door as she rushed past . |
| 19 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
| 20 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 21 | They fell upon the red hour-glass painted on Big Momma 's abdomen as she swung down a thread of silk and revolved slowly round on the thread until she had landed on a flat shiny surface . |
| 22 | The prominence of a luminal neutrophil chemoattractant in active Crohn 's disease may partly explain the observation that treatments directed towards altering the luminal milieu ( elemental diets , total parentral nutrition , and diversion surgery ) are consistently as effective for active Crohn 's disease as they are ineffective for patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 23 | The Lieutenant had once leapt fully clothed into a river , demonstrating to a casual enquirer the purpose of a Royal Engineer 's lifejacket as he continued building a bridge while swimming fully armed among the pontoons . |
| 24 | Rangers offered a glimpse of last season 's form as they overcame Aberdeen in an action replay of the 1992 League Cup final , which also finished 2-1 after extra time . |
| 25 | The man below could not have seen the movement , but he felt some shifting of the air above him , or heard , perhaps , if he had a wild beast 's hearing as he had its gait , the mere rustle of a sleeve against the stone . |
| 26 | The Church of England 's authorities need to be careful lest in their desire to maintain ‘ ethos ’ and ‘ style ’ they miss completely the breath of the Holy Spirit 's life as it blows past them . |
| 27 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 28 | But , with only 48 seconds separating the top nine riders overall after more than 1,000 miles ' racing as they headed out through the Birkenhead tunnel , Lillywhite and his team-mates had to be on their guard in today 's 85-mile penultimate stage to Salford Quays . |