Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not in these days , for smoking in , but just a casual yet elegant loose jacket with a tie belt made in straight pieces like a very simple dressing gown — a truly marvellous garment to relax in after a hard day 's work and very good for either men or women . |
| 2 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 3 | There are high ceilings , tall windows , moulded cornices and a splendid original staircase with a mahogany handrail sweeping down into a carved lion 's head . |
| 4 | By the time we get to the jarv tracks I am over it , putting it down to a poor night 's sleep and a wearing day that have combined so that I am feeling the cold more than I normally do . |
| 5 | So what happens if you have , just supposing you went down to a crazy way o of means testing . |
| 6 | This is down to a local council 's Engineers Department who provide the street names for new developments . |
| 7 | I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living . |
| 8 | Worst Career Move of the month : ex-world 's greatest sleazeball James Woods trying to come on like a middle-aged woman 's dreamboat opposite Dolly Parton in Straight Talk , which also has the biggest supporting cast of the month : Griffin Dunne , John Sayles , Spalding Gray . |
| 9 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 10 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 11 | Mothers no doubt think they are doing the very best for their children , getting them off to a good night 's sleep . |
| 12 | After the treatment , I did feel refreshed rather like waking up after a good night 's sleep . |
| 13 | The work involves the legal processes of obtaining probate of wills and the winding up of a deceased person 's affairs so that the wishes expressed in those wills may be carried out . |
| 14 | Adam stared round , and his head went up like a frightened horse 's . |
| 15 | Believe me , it was black and blown up like a rotting pig 's bladder . |
| 16 | We were asked to erm come up with a new structure erm , and and it , the purpose of this report and to put that . |
| 17 | The only problem was convincing them they could n't follow up with a New Year 's knees-up a week later . |
| 18 | Many of them must have ended up in a British soldier 's mess-tin . |
| 19 | Have you ever woken up from a full night 's sleep still exhausted ? |
| 20 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
| 21 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 22 | There was a bell-pull connected up to a small porter 's lodge inside . |
| 23 | Just two machines , four people and gradually that got up to a reasonable size er i it grew on the back of companies like , , , manufacturing what I call the coordinated look cos knitwear was utilized for bringing other things together . |
| 24 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 25 | Erm some additional sidings , mills over here , some additional sidings were put in , in the early part of this century , and they came off the this track erm just this side of on the left hand side of the level crossing , erm and went er up to a dead end er just along in the right hand side , er over now towards where factory is . |
| 26 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 27 | A YOUNG couple scrambled out of a blazing car 's hatchback as their two friends died in the front seats . |
| 28 | But to prise 4d out of a working man 's pocket , the slogans and graphics had to have street appeal . |
| 29 | There was no trace of breasts , and her hip bones jutted out like a young girl 's . |
| 30 | She was just bending over to pat powder on to a young actress 's face when she heard the door open behind her and a strange tingle of apprehension prickled the back of her neck . |