Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooker was all electric , th they 'd got no gas mains up into the into the old village in those days you see . |
| 2 | If we try to describe this process in structural terms we will have to say that this externalization of forces of control leads to a marked deterioration and dissolution of the superego and , to a lesser extent , of the ego too . |
| 3 | Um and I think there 's some acknowledgement in these quotes I 've got under end results , classifications and syndromes which um I suppose there 's some acknowledgement that maybe these things were adaptive at the time but maybe once people are grown up they 're not quite so adaptive . |
| 4 | This time in three weeks it will all be over , we 'll all be sat there thinking well was it bloody worth it , all that hard work money and rushing about , is it worth it ? |
| 5 | Whenever I could afford it you know , but erm , there was n't so much money in those days I ca n't remember exactly how much we , we used to get in for coppers you know . |
| 6 | The old man explained his views on the matter afterwards to a Christian friend , ‘ For an ordinary man in normal circumstances it is enough that he believe faithfully in God . |
| 7 | Having shown ( in 2.2.1 ) how we can give an unambiguous definition of binary relation in set-theoretic terms we make the notation more readable . |
| 8 | ‘ For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said . |
| 9 | For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 11 | For the second time in three months he heard the battering sound of hobnailed boots climbing the wooden stairs to fetch a body . |
| 12 | I 've got a picture of the way I want us to play , and if I can get that picture in 15 heads we 've got a chance of playing the way we want to . |
| 13 | Edward Cody of the AP and I once came to the conclusion that in every interview we conducted in Lebanon , a special chair should be set aside for The Plot — since The Plot invariably played a leading role in all discussions we ever had with politicians , diplomats or gunmen . |
| 14 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
| 15 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 16 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |
| 17 | With great doubt in these facts I felt I could not eat it ; either because it was an illusion or it perhaps was dangerous or poisonous in some way . |
| 18 | For more definition in certain areas I allowed the cutter to stay in one place long enough to burn the surface of the timber . |
| 19 | In the UK , as the new system of regulation is being put in place at a time of considerable liberalisation in financial markets it is difficult to separate the different factors that impinge on market efficiency . |
| 20 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 21 | While the latter is the practical reality in many cases it is certainly not the legal position . |
| 22 | With just one goal in five games you do n't have to be an expert to see where Oxford are going wrong at the moment . |
| 23 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |
| 24 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 25 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 26 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 27 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 28 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
| 29 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 30 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |