Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 2 | If there was nothing wrong with a sheet or a pillow-case or a chair cover she might take it apart , so that her skill was needed to put it together again . |
| 3 | There 's nothing wrong with a bun as long as you decorate it with a hair accessory . |
| 4 | If you have not appointed a guardian and there is no one legally responsible for your child when you die , someone such as a friend or relation can be appointed by the Court . |
| 5 | And unfortunately second half it did n't come right but as I say we 've got a point out of it so we still you know , kept ourselves unbeaten for a game or two , so we 've just got to try keep it going and take it from there . |
| 6 | Treat someone special to a Fortnum & Mason gift set of champagne and fresh cream champagne truffles ( available separately too ) , |
| 7 | This is my first letter to this magnificent mailing networky thing ( except it is'nt really because i had one sent back the other day , but that s another story ) This is also going to be my last for a while as I 'm going back home to newcastle tomorrow . |
| 8 | Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets . |
| 9 | That 's not to me consistent with a view that we have remained detached and apart and able to take whatever decisions we like regardless of our partners . ’ |
| 10 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 11 | Madame Mattli might be a stickler for detail , with a generous helping of the artistic temperament which kept her tight-coiled as a spring and which would explode into frenzy if the smallest detail was not as it should be , but she also had a kind face and deep perceptive eyes . |
| 12 | She struggled not to run screaming from the office , seeing the trip ahead , knowing what would happen , that desire , that overpowering excitement flaring up between them in a hotel bedroom somewhere on the other side of the world , dragging her deeper into a relationship that was already tearing her to pieces . |
| 13 | How ironic that someone who had held her spellbound as a child and had lingered in her imagination for years should have turned out to be so arrogantly cold and superior . |
| 14 | No they were , that 's what they were were n't it when it all happened , the old Revered somebody or other , they wilful murder but erm yeah basically it does n't seem like , there was no real evidence as to who erm fired first and there was no conclusion that the about that , but they were certainly I R A gunmen , para 's , its like without a doubt if you know some people , but like with those high powered weapons they may , alright its unfortunately that somebody may have got shot , but it may not of been the main shot , that may , may of been a ricochet or , or anything like that , both their they 've got a killing range of up to three mile so one mate come round , he says he 's gon na come round again tomorrow and have a look at it |
| 15 | But the new mergers are its first in a state that is not contiguous to one in which Banc One already operates . |
| 16 | In fact , almost 20 per cent have never driven on their own on a motorway and many fear breaking down and being attacked whilst using them . |
| 17 | There was also anxiety about the proximity of the war to the Soviet Union 's southern borders , and especially about the likelihood of its escalating into a chemical or nuclear conflict . |
| 18 | Perhaps he had no intention of making love to her again but had merely invited ] her round for a meal and a couple of hours of music and conversation , out of a sense of gratitude for her loyalty and her repeated assurances that she believed in his innocence . |
| 19 | Many birds deliberately favour some of their young in a way that helps to match the number of babies they rear with the abundance or scarcity of food . |
| 20 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |
| 21 | Surprise kept her silent for a moment while her fingers tightened on the receiver . |
| 22 | Are you interested in a drink or not ? |
| 23 | There 's nothing cosy about a firm that 's about to sink without trace ! ’ |
| 24 | There is something wrong with a law that allows that to happen . |
| 25 | There is something wrong with a system that analyses failure in such a drastic way . |
| 26 | Inevitably there is always something wrong with a property and the vendor will not wish to let the purchaser use a minor problem as an excuse for not completing the transaction . |
| 27 | Not for them the comprehensibility or even the logic spelt out by the Prime Minister shortly after his election as leader of the Conservative party when he rightly said that there was something wrong with a tax that resulted in 50 per cent . |
| 28 | Also , there is often the suspicion that there is something wrong with a business that has to use factoring to raise money . |
| 29 | He gave me one half of a clasp that belonged to the Lion of Venice . |
| 30 | Each visitor will be moved by something different in a museum that is dedicated mainly to the Jewish victims but also commemorates others , notably Jehovah 's Witnesses , gypsies , homosexuals and communists . |