Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two . |
2 | I 've always found it rather sad that a man could produce something as evocative as this and also produce a child who could not appreciate it. , |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ Are you suggesting that Barney made up his mind to kill Angy and cold-bloodedly chose a method that would throw suspicion on someone else ? |
6 | BLANKED a complimentary letter from the ‘ Proud To Be Plain Club ’ ( ‘ we believe a woman can look average and human in public and still play a role in society ’ ) asking her to be club mascot . |
7 | You can be schizophrenic and still make a will that . |
8 | Both the Delanos wrote books for children and adults in an effort to encourage the population to become more literate and hopefully generate a sense of pride in the history of the island . |
9 | Today 's Himalayan climbers must have immense strength and vitality , must acclimatise very carefully , should be fully skilled and experienced , must be alert to danger yet hardened enough not to be critically frightened ( and mountains are very frightening places ) by any unexpected trauma ; be patient during storms , determined in attack and wise in retreat ; be a skilful diplomat and a team player ; be compassionate but sometimes have a touch of selfishness . |
10 | Blackwell was the first woman doctor , graduating in New York in 1849 and later opening a dispensary on New York 's lower east-side . |
11 | Weldex , which was set up in 1979 and now has a turnover of £4 million , will this week take delivery of Glasgow-based cranes that were stranded in England after Lilley 's collapse . |
12 | However , local Electricity Boards have the right to inspect and test any electrical work they think may be unsafe and also to refuse a supply . |
13 | Throughout his life Blumlein was a trustworthy and loyal man with a passionate interest in the arts , music , and aviation — he held a private pilot 's licence from 1929 and often flew a biplane or Moth . |
14 | I 'd applied for Mastermind in three previous years but was unsuccessful and even had an audition in 1989 . ’ |
15 | ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ? |
16 | As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons . |
17 | Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency . |
18 | If wild animals have access to your garden you may need to prevent them trying to dig up your pet 's body ; make sure that the grave is as deep as possible and perhaps place a paving slab over it . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Monckton Milnes , a good memorialist but a forgettable poet , visited the lake in 1838 and later wrote a poem about the tragedy , taking a more honour ably sentimental line towards it than had the morbid locals : |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Karamanlis , 83 , had presided over Greece 's return to democracy in 1974 , holding office as Prime Minister until 1980 and then serving a term as President from 1980 to 1985 . |
23 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
24 | So if you use that and just have a look at this problem here . |
25 | When he found it , he tapped along the feed pipe at random and then gave a couple of good , square bangs on the connectors before he tried the starter button . |
26 | Greece applied for membership in 1975 and finally became a Member State on 1 January 1981 . |
27 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
28 | Cook was appointed agent for Nile passenger traffic by the Khedive of Egypt in 1870 and eventually had a fleet of seventeen large vessels and about thirty-three smaller dahabeeyahs and pinnaces . |
29 | She completed victory by taking the tiebreak 7-5 but not before she lost her serve to 5-5 and then saved a set point at 5-6 . |
30 | I dimly recall the first broadcast performance of this piece in the 1940s and rarely lose an opportunity of hearing any new recording of it . |