Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] of [noun sg] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 2 | Once again , the presence of an adult to help keep things going will make it easier for the cameraman , whose job it is to cover the most interesting bits of action wherever it may take place within the four walls of the room . |
| 3 | If you like bland pieces of art then you 'll probably be a bland person . |
| 4 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 5 | You can buy all kinds of filler now it should do anything , indoors or outdoors |
| 6 | The young person who , unfortunately , reaches the age of 16 after July 2 has now to return to school for another year and will be almost 17 years of age whenever they leave . |
| 7 | During those years of service overseas he acquired fluency in eight oriental and African languages , and wrote a number of erudite articles which appeared in the Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society . |
| 8 | By the same token , if your equipment is small pieces of equipment then you would not have the facility to do a large volume of meals . |
| 9 | To compensate , the latter category are allowed longer slices of time when they are selected to use the processor . |
| 10 | He hit one of the great five irons , too , at the last hole , a shot that still gives him one of those lovely shivers of success whenever he thinks about it . |
| 11 | He wore a thick woollen coat all the time , even on the hottest days of summer when he took to wandering around the garden in endless circles . |