Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think he was quite so committed to your sister as she wanted us to believe , and , talking of that lady , how dare you leave me to cope with an hysterical female on my own ? ’ |
| 2 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 3 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 4 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 5 | Now what I mean by an easy question something like |
| 6 | How can I think on an empty stomach ? ’ |
| 7 | I lived with an elderly lady in a little thatched cottage which looked like something out of Hansel and Gretel . |
| 8 | It was like watching someone push at an invisible turnstile . |
| 9 | I qualified as an enrolled nurse in 1977 in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | Usually someone sneaking towards an artistic niche does so in a sideways , disguised fashion , and under cover of darkness , like a smuggler . |
| 11 | a whole bowl of clean water over his nappy so if you wonder why I got through an extra nappy cos it was n't |
| 12 | I sank into an exquisite passivity staring ahead as dazzling colours flushed and flew , metamorphosing into duck elephant cat dog house . |
| 13 | ‘ But will my lady allow me to share her bed tonight if I smell like an unwashed ram ? ’ |
| 14 | I feel stupid if I cry at an emotional film or book |
| 15 | I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment , which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973 . |
| 16 | My brother and I behaved with an immune princeliness that was galling . |
| 17 | For a moment I thought the heat from the bung-hole might incinerate my brows , but when I squinted beneath an outstretched palm the sight stole my breath . |
| 18 | I was arrested for riding a bicycle without a rear light ; I woke as an enraged policeman took me by the throat . |
| 19 | It was as if I suffered from an optical illusion so strong that it consumed my other senses . |
| 20 | In the past , people have destroyed their documents on aeroplanes and in one case someone came with an outdated passport . |
| 21 | ‘ WHEN clearing-up a glory hole , viz the cupboard under the stairs , I came across an anonymous parcel . |
| 22 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 23 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 24 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 25 | So much for the jerk-off theories put forward by the police , in which I figure as an adulterous version of George Joseph Smith — not the brides in the bath but the wittol in the water . |
| 26 | I speak as an hon. Member who has served time on four such Bills during the four years that I have been in the House — the City of London ( Various Powers ) Bill , the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Bill , and the London Underground Bills Nos. 1 and 2 . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's the last time I charge into an unknown room , ’ panted Wednesday . |
| 28 | I 'm only ten years older than you , and I look like an old man . |
| 29 | I hardly imagine that I look like an habitual criminal , anyway . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did he tell you I need someone to look after an old lady ? ’ |