Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently I have noticed my fiancé 's brother is showing me rather a lot of attention . |
| 2 | Everyone benefited from knowing them so a spot of poaching was not held against them . |
| 3 | Oh I think I just a can of beer or cider , fuck Mark the wind 's killing me . |
| 4 | Most of you simply because they have no shame , now bringing it round to a spiritual thing , how can we show that we , where it describes there beggars for the spirit , it really means having no shame whatsoever in the truth , never hold back in demanding really , what your requirements are in the way of spiritual things and a good mirror to this is analyze yourself and ask yourself what am I like , am I really a beggar in spirit , what am I like when the magazines come ? |
| 5 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 6 | Littering the slopes of the volcano are thousands of large bombs ejected by the eruption , some of them over a metre in diameter . |
| 7 | Shall we discuss them over a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 8 | The Spanish Civil War was a mirror into which men gazed and had cast back at them not a picture of reality but the image of hope and fears of their generation . |
| 9 | Can I bring you up a cup of tea or something ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll wring you out a couple of tea bags . ’ |
| 11 | We show you how a flash of inspiration and a little cash can transform your house in next to no time |
| 12 | Ten minutes spent in this way could well save you quite a lot of time in the long run . |
| 13 | I asked her to bring me up a pot of tea , and when she had gone , inspected the room further . |
| 14 | I asked Miss Matlock to bring me up a thermos of soup and a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches at six o'clock . |
| 15 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 16 | He looked explosive , and then laughed and gave her a kiss on her flushed and papery cheek and bought them both a bottle of wine in the wagon restaurant for tea . |
| 17 | After they had eaten , her mother let Caro make them both a cup of tea . |
| 18 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 19 | She went straight into the kitchen , and automatically made them both a cup of coffee , a mutual family ritual when one of them went out to a meeting . |
| 20 | ‘ As much as I can , ’ she laughed as she poured them both a cup of coffee . |
| 21 | When she concluded by asking if Madame Vassoir still had the letter from Beatrix and if its contents could have provoked Samantha 's abduction , her hostess poured them both a glass of sherry before replying . |
| 22 | Like , you know , I saw like , what really , I 'd sat there , I mean like you say , I and I admit that I odds and ends that 'll probably take me about an hour in total |
| 23 | ‘ Pour me out a cup of tea , please . ’ |
| 24 | I understand that you will be faxing to me today a request for banker 's details and credit references . |
| 25 | Nurse Jones was a busy woman and he valued the minutes he had with her over a cup of tea when she came down from the bedroom . |
| 26 | For the boy carried within him not a ball of wax , but an idea . |
| 27 | They like a lot of meat |
| 28 | Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval . |
| 29 | My father threw his calipers away and went to Charlie Hancock the chemist , who made him up a bottle of oil from an old family recipe . |
| 30 | Here , take him up a cup of tea . " |