Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another , however , jogged his memory : ‘ Coleby gave me 10s for my old penknife — very massive profit ! ’ |
| 2 | It was Elizabeth 's courage and devotion that kept him alive until his own courage could take over . |
| 3 | The boots had platform soles and they cost him more than his weekly wages at the warehouse . |
| 4 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 5 | Mercer Lorrimore was over in England at that time , and stayed and went racing at Newmarket in July , but the Jockey Club found him grimmer than his usual self and understood it was something to do with his son , although he did n't say what . |
| 6 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 7 | And I have it stronger than what this coffee is . |
| 8 | It is not all of the bottle of wine , or any individual property of it other than its own property of weighing two pounds , that is an instance of the general property of weighing two pounds . |
| 9 | It seemed that the entire congregation was there helping , through breakfast time in the Undercroft until evening when everything was stowed away in Church leaving it presentable for he next day 's Service . |
| 10 | He has agreed to pay us more than our usual commission — well , I explained , of course , that we would need ample compensation to lend him one of our girls for such unusual services , and I must say — ’ |