Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I mean a few of things that I would say , first of all we operate on a freephone system , also we turn claims cheques round the same day , and the name of the game as far as we 're concerned is service . |
| 2 | I used a 486 for speed and the best animation possible ( I really wanted to get into this already classic game ) . |
| 3 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 4 | Yeah but that 's only because I er I owe a grand in poll tax you see . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'm not mistaken , I pulled a pissed up matelot off that blonde piece on V.E. night . |
| 6 | The general standard of living is so much better , I have a f—ed-up up family — who does n't have a f—ed-up family ? — I 'm screwed-up and should be in some psychiatrist 's office , but in general there was n't that much for me to worry about , and I think that 's a lot less common in England . |
| 7 | I wanted a fifth of Scotch , but … ’ |
| 8 | An optimistic beginning , with an early goal thrown in , gave way to uncertainty and it took McCoist 's second goal to inspire Scotland to the stirring finale which brought a third from Pat Nevin five minutes from the end . |
| 9 | well she did have one it , she 's had an operation , but er , I , she manages to go to the post on a Sunday afternoon , she must write to her sister in Australia , which makes a little round trip , a bit of exercise that 's what you ought to do more of |
| 10 | She shared a few with Hackney 's mayor Harry Shaw . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 12 | She got a first at Girton and taught , for most of her life , in a girls ' boarding school . |
| 13 | A mistake by Anton Rogan , after 70 minutes , let in Lee , who played a one-two with David Whyte before slotting home the equaliser . |
| 14 | She takes a skirt-full of windfall lemons . |
| 15 | Did you have a good at school ? |
| 16 | If you use a lost of white in your underpainting you would therefore be well advised to use a white which is bound in linseed oil . |
| 17 | If you use a lost of white in your underpainting you would therefore be well advised to use a white which is bound in linseed oil . |
| 18 | Do you mean that , when you say Gothic elements , do you mean a heightening for mystery ? |
| 19 | The winner was Jackie Harrington ( Adare ) , former close champion who had a two over par total of 143 with rounds of 70 and 73 . |
| 20 | What you use consultants for is when you have a one off task that it would be uneconomic to employ a member of staff to do because it would be finished in six months and then you 'd be left with a surplus member of staff . |
| 21 | The claim of the ‘ good ’ characters to the Wagenburg treasure is no better justified than that of the rival party under Ellis , even if his murder of a secret service man does inspire Jonathan Mansel , who makes a third with Chandos and Hanbury , and who heard the dying man 's last words , to engage upon the adventure : |
| 22 | And we got a full of chocolates and sweets and by the time we put their sweets on the top as well , there 'll be lots and lots by for Christmas . |
| 23 | But er the government , a long while ago , actually decided they ought to do something about knocking the institutions ' heads together and they drew up a plan called the Council of Engineering Institutes , where the idea was we get a little of coordination across the entire patch . |
| 24 | There are Alembics , which are selling well ; we had a dozen in stock , that 's down to three now . |
| 25 | so , with the best will in the world it 's going to be six months so let's so we need a little of breathing space |
| 26 | They shot a nine under par 133 to win the Gordon Steele Shield . |
| 27 | It became a commonplace for novelists like Arnold Bennett and pioneering critics like Gilbert Seldes to talk of how Chaplin had overcome the limitations of cinema and ‘ passed beyond the form entirely . ’ |
| 28 | He became a regular for lunch and dinner after his wife died of cancer three years ago . |
| 29 | He got a hundred against Cambridge but has already discovered that sequels come hard . |
| 30 | Even with sentences not of the form A is f(X) it is often the case that a sentence containing a hyponym unilaterally entails a parallel sentence which is identical in all respects except that it contains a superordinate in place of the hyponym : |