Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've played in a certain town that makes linoleum where the audience did not laugh once . |
| 2 | Nicest bars I 've seen in a long time . ’ |
| 3 | The teaming up of Land 's End Ltd with Rowland Edwards , who seems to have his own unique version of reality , produced one of the choicer pieces of double-speak I 've seen in a long time : a press release announcing a campaign to add fixed anchors and gear to the crags in the interests of the environment and safety . |
| 4 | ‘ All this , with the bonus of an organic approach , makes it one of the most original books on gardening that I 've seen in a long time , ’ says our kitchen garden correspondent , Adam Pasco . |
| 5 | Elland Road was the emptiest I 've seen in a long time , 23,000 of which 4000 were Crewe fans . |
| 6 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 7 | Hell of a good film though , it 's the best film I 've seen in a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's the most charming man I 've met in a long time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You are the most frustrating piece of womanhood I 've met in a long time , ’ he rasped . |
| 10 | ‘ This is one of the best evenings I 've had in a long time , ’ Sam said , sipping his coffee . |
| 11 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 12 | is the stuff that I 've got in a little bag , got little bag full |
| 13 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |
| 14 | In the past I have lived in a large Victorian house and a 1930s semi-detached . |
| 15 | Like in confession when I tell Father McCormack that I have sinned in a personal manner — I do n't tell him I 'm having it off , do I ? |
| 16 | This is the highest quality educational package I have seen in a long time and is well worth registering . |
| 17 | Henry Fonda was apparently heard to say of his son , ‘ That little bastard … he and some other punks have produced a movie out of nothing and have made more money from that piece of crap than I have made in a whole lifetime in Hollywood . ’ |
| 18 | Sir : Your leading article ( 4 October ) is without doubt the most vitriolic piece of anti-trade union bigotry I have read in a serious newspaper for some considerable time . |
| 19 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 20 | I have worked in an adolescent unit . |
| 21 | I have slept in a full set of thermal underwear , but the cold gets to me as soon as I leave the bag . |
| 22 | Darley Anderson has sold television rights to Martina Cole 's bestselling Dangerous Lady ( which Headline bought in a two-book deal for £150,000 ) . |
| 23 | Often people become accustomed to odours especially those arising from works which have operated in a particular vicinity for a long time . |
| 24 | Such systems , moreover , encourage incrementalist rather than ideological approaches , which have resulted in a successful mix of market economics and welfare . |
| 25 | And then you get put in a new place and you got to start all over again , finding where things are and making friends and that . |
| 26 | people who 've died in a similar way . |
| 27 | ‘ We 're finding that people who 've specialised in a certain field such as financial services or entertainment are much more marketable than people who are more generalist in their work experience , ’ says Ms Ogden . |
| 28 | This is especially true of elderly people in mental handicap hospitals who have lived in a closed world all their lives . |
| 29 | For example , questions of relevance only to married women can be prefaced by a general question about marital status followed by an instruction for those who have answered in a particular way to move to the relevant subset . |
| 30 | In the meantime , I 'd really like to hear from any of you ( especially with a fully-fledged article and/or some pictures ) who have specialised in a large coldwater community set-up , preferably mixing and matching some of the more unusual species such as Sunbass , Weather Loach , Miller 's Thumb , Rainbow Dace , or Jordanella — the list is long . |