Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 2 | Siouxsie Sioux , about ten years ago , adopting a pose very similar to that of P J Harvey a few weeks ago , only she was wearing a Greek fisherman 's hat |
| 3 | Perhaps you 're feeling a little tense . |
| 4 | You know , especially when perhaps you were having a mixed sort of meeting |
| 5 | Now when you moved to was that a kind different kind of work obviously you were doing a wee bit more variety . |
| 6 | So she 's spending a third on stationery , she 's saving a third and the other third has got to be split up between |
| 7 | So she was offered a second flat . |
| 8 | So you 're wanting a general |
| 9 | So you 're doing a similar job as you were doing in . |
| 10 | So you 're having a quiet day tomorrow then ? |
| 11 | Basically we 're sponsoring a new event which is starting this summer . |
| 12 | Perhaps we are witnessing a new craze on the terraces to rival the inflatable coffins at ATHLETICO WHADDON . |
| 13 | I mean , , but I 'd really , seriously wished I had said to the waiter , but obviously we 're having a good time . |
| 14 | So we 're doing a hundred and one times , we 'll make that erm twenty eight . |
| 15 | So we 're doing a hundred and three which is a hundred add X , X being three . |
| 16 | ‘ We both know the gentleman concerned and we 're not very happy about the way things are going so we 're making a few enquiries of our own . ’ |
| 17 | And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing . |
| 18 | After an hour or so we were offered a free drink from the buffet , a new and well intentioned gesture that soon will be seen as an albatross like being asked your height by an undertaker . |
| 19 | But perhaps they 're allowed a new perspective . |
| 20 | But er they grew up and since I 'm the youngest , obviously they were earning a little bit of money in some way . |
| 21 | So they 're making a new dictionary ? |
| 22 | When he came down he was wearing a professional air and said the symptoms were those of food poisoning . |
| 23 | Well perhaps he 's buying a bleeding washing machine |
| 24 | On another level , perhaps he was fighting a wayward spirit he could not control . |
| 25 | so it 's keep a high profile on the , on useful things and keep a low profile on the , on the others |
| 26 | Anyway I 'm having a great time . |
| 27 | When we have the chance we will camp Lappish style , with lavvus , the wigwam tents made of birch poles and reindeer skins , but tonight we are using a modern lavvu of canvas and aluminium poles . |
| 28 | Immediately outside they 're building a major new sewer . |
| 29 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |
| 30 | He 's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he 's doing a good job . |