Example sentences of "[adj] in a [adj] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Las Vegas or Monaco da da da money money money funny in a rich man 's world . |
| 2 | Mugabe exhorts them to remember the sacrifices made in the war for the sake of Zimbabwe , but young people are seldom interested in a previous generation 's sacrifices — as he could have learned from history . |
| 3 | She traced the outline of his face with her eyes , loving the dear , untidy hair , the mouth that smiled widely and often , the eyes that were old in a young man 's face . |
| 4 | Their style of life was not much different from the ordinary Zuwaya : they had perhaps recently acquired better housing , but the new villas were not segregated ; food was no more generous , nor more delicate in a rich man 's house ; schooling and medical treatment were uniform . |
| 5 | The first was early in a young couple 's marriage . |
| 6 | Charles made a cursory check for blood-stained fingerprints , the thread of a sports jacket made from tweed only available in a small tailor 's shop in Aberdeen , the scratch marks of an artificial hand or the faint but unmistakable aroma of orange blossom . |
| 7 | In broadcasting decisions have to be made quickly : a broadcast can not wait while some minute or other is pending in a civil servant 's in-tray . |