Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Rush is confident that any animosity has long-since faded and that his former boss is due for a hero 's welcome when he leads his side out at the ground he graced for 14 illustrious years as player and manager . |
| 2 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 3 | Providing that the castration is restricted to cutting off the testicles alone ( sometimes the whole kit would go ) , it is possible for a man 's libido and ability to indulge in intercourse not to be reduced at all . |
| 4 | It is possible for a man 's commitment to his fundamental principles to remain firm even though he may act in certain circumstances in a way contrary to those principles . |
| 5 | Oral sex — Cunnilingus ( kissing , licking and sucking a woman 's clitoris and vulva ) is risky during a woman 's period if the active partner has mouth sores or sore/bleeding gums . |
| 6 | The landscape is as simple , naive and charming as a child 's painting . |
| 7 | She was too old for a doll 's house now so it did n't matter , but she hoped he would finish what he was doing for Oliver . |
| 8 | ‘ You think there is anything sexual about a doctor 's job . |
| 9 | In the very book of Malachi from which he derived the understanding of his own mission to prepare the way of the Lord , he would have read of fire both burning up evil-doers and also refining and purifying the faithful like a refiner 's fire ( Mal. 4 : If , 3:1–4 ) . |
| 10 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 11 | ‘ If something goes wrong with a customer 's car they want it repaired as quickly as possible , ’ said Peugeot Parts and Service Director Charles Greenland . |
| 12 | But the dismissal of a chief constable is very different from a company 's claim for damages . |
| 13 | Twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside , fresh from a night 's work . |
| 14 | Concerns over the proper role of local government in providing services to communities featured high in a Lord 's debate last week . |
| 15 | Later , when she watched the scene during the shooting , she 'd find more girls in the pile of smashed-up cars : one putting on lipstick high in a lorry 's cab , another lying on the bonnet like a mascot , face to the car 's prow , giving a feline look as she too read aloud , from a French philosopher who later in a fit of madness pushed his wife under in the bath , and held her there till there were no more bubbles . |
| 16 | A fortune awaits any engineer who can devise a way of transferring , in real time , a sequence of animation direct from a computer 's memory to video tape or film . |
| 17 | A woman 's dress sense is much less important to more educated men than to those with basic education , while married men are less interested in a woman 's mouth than any other group . |
| 18 | URGENT — NDO would like to hear from any teacher interested in a men 's class in London SW1 ( evening ) or a handicapped children 's class at Dartford . |
| 19 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 20 | A sense of humour is high on a manager 's list when choosing a new assistant . |
| 21 | Oh yes yes oh well yes for a rum and coffee yeah , and I 'm afraid it was very acceptable on a winter 's morning , but erm now we come , we 've come on that side of Road , we 'll now start at the top of Road again and come along as far as er what I call Street I believe it 's now where St Michael 's church is , and you come to Sammy the butchers . |
| 22 | A woman 's work is slightly different to a man 's work . |
| 23 | Oralists believe that every deaf child of normal intelligence can learn lipreading and speech , and that signing and fingerspelling are harmful to a child 's learning process . |
| 24 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 25 | There is nothing impossible about a person 's forehead feeling cold to him , although , when he touches it , it feels hot to his hand . |
| 26 | But it 's easy for a seller 's conveyancer to overlook positive covenants . |
| 27 | Later that day , and with a good half-inch of our respective hair on the floor of a Soho salon , we hit the black suede pump shop , where I was noiselessly relieved of a week 's rehearsal pay on a pair of boots the same as the ones which fell apart in three months last time and a pair of the suede pumps ( ‘ EVERYBODY 'S wearing them ! ’ ) which , one week later , were flat and circular like dinghies . |
| 28 | Financial problems can be severe , with women finding themselves riddled with large legal bills and deprived of a partner 's income . |
| 29 | Her voice was tiny like a doll 's voice . |
| 30 | WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL Wimbledon are unchanged , which means Lawrie Sanchez has to be content with a substitute 's role . |