Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 2 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 3 | ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ? |
| 4 | His total of eight stolen bases in the A's 4-1 series victory was a post-season record , he scored eight runs in total and even managed a couple of homers himself in Saturday 's 6-5 win in the SkyDome . |
| 5 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 6 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
| 7 | Since Hannah lived in total isolation for more than twenty-five years , never married or even formed a relation ship with a man , it is not surprising that most of the care and affection she had to offer was lavished on animals . |
| 8 | He looked tired but nevertheless managed a smile as he caught sight of his two employees and walked over to join them . |
| 9 | His was undone to the waist , he had no cap , his slacks were dirty and crumpled , he was unshaven and badly needed a haircut , he wore plimsolls , loosely tied with bits of string . |
| 10 | Of those who are remembered , the more distant or briefly glimpsed a grandparent , the more likely the recollection is to be no more than an external image . |
| 11 | They indicate that it was already accelerating in the mid and late 1960s and actually reached a peak in the first three or four years of the following decade , after which it fell back substantially . |
| 12 | Gower and Lamb both produced sixties and actually managed a century stand , but no other batsman passed eight and the total was no more than 176 . |
| 13 | In Denmark , where she opened with an 84 and ultimately holed a putt across the 18th green to make the half-way cut by a shot , an almost suicidal depression set in . |
| 14 | A Home Office spokesman said : ‘ He went with two prison officers to see a relative and just made a run for it . ’ |
| 15 | The country 's supreme policy-making body , the national executive committee ( NEC ) of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( CCM — Party of the Revolution ) , met on Jan. 17-21 and unanimously accepted a proposal to end 27 years of one-party rule . |