Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dana is very sorry for all the trouble she has caused and wants me to forgive her . ’ |
| 2 | Scotland has had its full share of the ‘ cake ’ and I would imagine that the National Trust for Scotland is grateful for all the help it has received . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope you 're grateful for all the trouble I 've just gone to , ’ he said . |
| 4 | He simply observed , rather wearily , that if Gentle 's word was worth so little after all the effort he , Klein , had put into finding work for him , then it was perhaps best that they end their business relationship now . |
| 5 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 6 | Britain is a major market for US plywood — about a million cubic metres of the stuff comes across the Atlantic every year , nearly half of all the plywood we import . |
| 7 | They will be able to keep half of all the treasure they find ( unrealistically generous , certainly ) but it will all have to be declared . |
| 8 | And this about half past two the day I , I was that sick , vomited and then I took the bile |
| 9 | Back with Miss Maine I was shown what was thought to be the trickiest of all the work I must do . |
| 10 | Clearly it is impossible to give each of these the attention they merit and I do find EMI makes life extremely complicated with such a plethora of titles ; although each clearly has its place in the EMI scheme of things . |
| 11 | I am also grateful to the following for all the help they gave me : Derek Adlam , Martha Novak Clinkscale , Stephanie Cudmore , Alan Curtis , Donatella De Giampetro , Alfons Huber , William Jurgenson , Sabine Matzenauer , Grant O'Brien , Enrico Paganuzzi , Paul Poletti and Stewart Pollens . |
| 12 | Durkin had struggled out of the car helpless with laughter , delighted with all the excitement he was causing . |
| 13 | I know lots of people ca n't understand that , one of which is my accountant , but I feel I must put something back , it 's the only way I can feel comfortable about all the money I 've made . ’ |
| 14 | The rain was pelting him relentlessly and he may have been as well to have had no clothes at all for all the protection his gave him . |
| 15 | You can no longer say , ‘ OK , but there will be a smart worker who will learn how to do that in half the time it takes now ’ . |
| 16 | He is not to retaliate and must always be happy ; thankful for all the help he has received and act like a fucking Samaritan to those worse off then himself . |
| 17 | This has the same view as Philip Swallow 's , but is smaller — indeed , rather too small for all the furniture it contains : a desk , bookcases , filing cabinets , a table and a dozen or so unstacked stacking chairs . |
| 18 | Nine-tenths of all the wood we use industrially is softwood , " he added mildly . |
| 19 | This is apparent in all the advice he gave to discontented monks . |
| 20 | I only done about eight or nine in all the time I was there . |
| 21 | For that plus all the news you 'd expect from your favourite lunchtime show , join Angus , Lloyd and me tomorrow at five past one . |
| 22 | ‘ They could be worth a million for all the difference it would make , ’ said Reid . |
| 23 | They also play havoc with your skin and it tends to get a bit sweaty under all the make-up I have to wear . |
| 24 | Science is entitled to all the support it can get , to all it needs . |
| 25 | But despite Wolfgang 's amazing prowess , he remained a docile , industrious and affectionate child , remarkably unspoilt by all the adulation he received . |