Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four weeks before was due I started a new job here in Birmingham leaving and in Yorkshire . |
| 2 | I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’ |
| 3 | At half past eight I have a final walk in Buron 's Court , opposite the Royal Hospital Chelsea , and then I go to bed about eleven — hoping it 's a breakfast day tomorrow . |
| 4 | If the opportunity was n't there , and by that I mean a realistic chance of winning the Championship , then I would n't be racing in Formula One any more . |
| 5 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 6 | As usual I felt a little trepidation before the climb , but this was dwarfed by the thought of skiing down from the refuge , across the Argentiere glacier , and up to the bergshrund below the face . |
| 7 | But as usual I affected a supreme unconcern , and floated past them with a sway of the hips that was a touch exaggerated . |
| 8 | From this I derive a great sense of security , and I can stand on my own without worrying about the critics or the art establishment . |
| 9 | Soon after this I received a favourable response and I began house-hunting and discussing the details of how to meet my care needs . |
| 10 | But despite all this I had a successful Championship , winning the 100 metres and tying , in an exciting race , with John Regis in the 200 . |
| 11 | And of course we 've got this I have a little dog and she loves to roll in this . |
| 12 | This I found a great help . |
| 13 | The very last thing I note is which direction a swim faces and for this I carry a small compass . |
| 14 | In July 1972 I spent a whole afternoon discussing teaching and children with the headmaster of what corresponded roughly to a middle school . |
| 15 | In 1972 I suggested a fresh categorization of the processes involved to take into account an additional meaning of ‘ propagate ’ ; namely to rear to sexual maturity . |
| 16 | I 'd a proper I had a proper drill , oh you 're talking about the new ones ? |
| 17 | During the lay up of Venturous I spent a brief interlude in the Solent area evaluating the performance and suitability of a thirty two foot fast motor cruiser Gazelle which had been purchased by the Department as an experiment . |
| 18 | This part of the ‘ window ’ can be used for long-range scrying ; a character looking into it and willing himself to see a far-distant scene can see into an elliptical area bounded by Middenheim to the north , Nuln to the south , some 25 miles west of Altdorf , and to around 100 miles east along the River Talabec out of Altdorf . |
| 19 | In a sense , the concerns of today echo those which preceded the enactment of the Glass-Steagall Act in the US in 1933 which established a formal separation between banking and securities activities . |
| 20 | To illustrate Say 's Law , consider e. 2 which shows a simplified version of the circular flow of income diagram . |
| 21 | Suicide and attempted suicide ceased to be a crime when the Suicide Act 1961 became law , in recognition of the right to self-determination , but there remains an offence of aiding , abetting , counselling , or procuring the suicide of another which carries a maximum penalty of fourteen years ' imprisonment . |
| 22 | For this she used a bent knitting needle with a cork to protect her hand . |
| 23 | ‘ This you call a pretty place ? |
| 24 | For this you need a good spring balance , and most anglers , myself included , use a dial scale , which weighs up to about 30lb in 1oz divisions . |
| 25 | For this you have a young girl covered in old newspapers held on with scotch tape or cotton . |
| 26 | The idea which lay behind the use of the term ‘ social democracy ’ was that the working-class movement would not only complete the process of achieving political democracy by establishing universal and equal suffrage ( and this itself required a long struggle ) , but would also extend democracy into other areas of social life , in particular through a democratic control of the economy , and would thus create new democratic institutions . |
| 27 | This is to tell only part of the story however Anna is diligent in all her studies with a determination to do as well as possible , while her powers of expression are adequate she has a fine sense of initiative and within her limitations can organise her materials persuasively . |
| 28 | ‘ When you had them fresh you had a concrete floor . |
| 29 | Even Mr Fraser of Neill 's , a source of many choice quotations on this issue had to admit that not all the women got married : " there are some who stay a long time . |
| 30 | There will be some who have a strong preference th they , they like activity erm and what you can actually do if you 're very interested in looking , what Honey and Munnford have done is they 've actually taken |