Example sentences of "[pers pn] an awful [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Was I an awful pig ? ’ she murmured . |
| 2 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
| 3 | Right okay so again it 's just a simple idea that shows you an awful lot how long would it take to put that back together ? |
| 4 | Because erm it 's gon na save you an awful lot of time and money . |
| 5 | Ye tell me that , laddie , and it 'd save me an awful lot of time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Your — your integrity cost me an awful lot of misery , ’ she whispered . |
| 7 | Well I mean I 'm not going away this year , but it 's not really bothered me an awful lot |
| 8 | And I think that helps them an awful lot ! |
| 9 | It certainly will cost them an awful lot of money , hundreds . |
| 10 | I feel if , yes , you would remember them an awful lot easier . |
| 11 | ( A sentimental view if one contrasts it with Nina Hamnett 's , who said that most people found him an awful nuisance . ) |
| 12 | She remembered the evening because his parents had given him an awful sweater for his birthday and between comedy programmes on the television she and Alan thought up alternative uses for an awful sweater . |
| 13 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
| 14 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If the poor woman knows nothing about you it will give her an awful shock . ’ |
| 16 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 17 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |
| 18 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 19 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 20 | I 've heard myself say it an awful lot of the time , so one of my colleagues who 's done one I 've I 've nicked his er |
| 21 | Is n't it an awful waste of energy ? ’ |
| 22 | because we have , because it 's for the children , so I said we 'll do it , but that gives us an awful crush to get it in Friday the first week |
| 23 | Yeah , save us an awful lot of letter writing . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you going to save us an awful lot of time and trouble , sir , or are you determined to burden the taxpayer further ? ’ |