Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 30 craftsmen at Bringwyn and they 've become blase about working in a stately Victorian ballroom . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not the same as actually being fat — when you feel embarrassed about squeezing into a small space behind a table , or when you pull your shirt tail down so no one sees the fat hanging over the top of your jeans . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm afraid of living in a strange place , Ruth . |
| 4 | Thus , the draftsman should be especially careful before embarking on a long list of matters that fall within a particular covenant . |
| 5 | It did n't seem any different from talking to a real person . |
| 6 | Sitting at a desk working on a book could hardly be more different from battling through a polar blizzard , but it presents a different sort of challenge . |
| 7 | Er if your safety in your mines , from the point of view of the miners health , is dependent upon keeping below a certain limit of dust exposure . |
| 8 | The farmers concentrated upon dairy cattle and sheep and were dependent upon weaving as a second source of income . |
| 9 | Peacocks and swans roam wild in the grounds and there are lots of tiny corners , among the sweet-scented flowers , perfect for lazing on a sunbed . |
| 10 | What 's so excitin' about lookin' at a poxy empty yard on a night that 's fair set ter freeze the cobblers orf a brass monkey ? ’ |
| 11 | Dr Andrew Hastings , a pathologist , said Mr Tipping died from multiple injuries consistent with falling from a great height . |
| 12 | It is enough to say that , having adopted the character of Oliver Twist , I have been fortunate in meeting with a kindlier and less formidable response than he ; and while anyone who knows the editor 's capabilities must realise that it is not beyond his powers to write a further introduction of the same delight as that preceding Volume II , it would be unreasonable to complain that in his assessment of the situation the needs of prompt publication have been put first . |
| 13 | Yet , Britain has been fortunate in benefiting from a healthy , successful and much envied system of broadcasting . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the SPD , like Labour , has been nervous in calling for a complete recasting of public financing and altering both tax and expenditure profiles to fit with a post-cold war world while attempting to relate to an electorate that believes it is paying too many direct and indirect taxes as well as ever-rising social security and health insurance payments . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , methought you were overjoyed at the prospect of going to court ! ’ remarked Joan , to whom the idea was akin to going as a mere mortal to fairyland . |
| 16 | Although the other social characteristics available are not directly related to wealth , they are amenable to ranking in a general social and economic sense . |
| 17 | It comes in a streamlined compact so it 's ideal for popping into a tiny bag . |
| 18 | La Quinta also has a lovely pool , set in gardens — ideal for soaking in a Golden American Tan . |
| 19 | Hilton was certainly conscious of writing for a wide monastic audience , but The Ladder is ostensibly written for a nun , who was enclosed in a convent and bound by traditional monastic disciplines , but who also seemed about to begin a more solitary life . |
| 20 | As different strata of the educated public became conscious of belonging to a substantial and articulate body of opinion , ‘ society 's ’ self-confidence grew . |
| 21 | Once , knowing she could n't be heard , she shouted back and was conscious of looking like a pinkish , fair-haired and flustered fish with its mouth moving silently behind glass . |
| 22 | To mourn in this sense means to be conscious of living in a fallen world , where people live such lonely , broken lives . |
| 23 | Yet they see nothing inconsistent with objecting to a well-engineered nuclear waste disposal plant which is clearly necessary to dispose safely of irradiated material already created ; or to properly regulated high-combustion chemical waste disposal plants that are the only alternative ( unless we get rid of the chemical industry ) to toxic wastes being dumped surreptitiously in some field or on some beach . |
| 24 | Even foreign tourists who had not yet caught on to the realities of life in Romania and perhaps were over-insistent in demanding from a minor bureaucrat of the tourist office why some essential and prepaid feature of their holiday had failed to materialize would be confronted by a shrug of the shoulders and the muttered words , ‘ Epocha Ceauşescu , as the only explanation . |
| 25 | Perhaps this is not surprising in animals that are accustomed to moving in a particular direction — they need a front and a back . |
| 26 | This commonsense method is useful for dealing with a large number of coins which are superficially similar , such as those of a long-lived Roman emperor and , particularly , ‘ immobilised ’ medieval coins . |
| 27 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 28 | They 're confident of staying within a five million pound budget … a fairly conservative figure compared with other flying thrillers . |
| 29 | After allowing for inflation the net income of the City within this category ( which excludes interest and dividends received ) tripled between 1966 and 1977 , but then it was almost stationary until rising by a further 20 per cent in the three years preceding 1983 . |
| 30 | When asked what happened , 62% said they were touched in a sensual way ; 42% experienced someone touching their sex organs ; 33% were masturbated ; 28% were forced to show their sex organs to another person ; 25% were shown another person 's sex organs ; 24% touched another person 's sex organs ; 21% were talked to about sex in an erotic way ; 21% were shown pornographic material ; 16% took part in oral sex ; 10% were flashed at in a public place ; 5% were involved in sexual intercourse ( sometimes including anal sex ) ; and 3% were involved in kissing in a sensual way . |