Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of them suddenly erupt from a tiny hole in the sand and start sprinting across the dune looking for the bodies of insects that may have collapsed from heat stress . |
| 2 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 3 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 4 | When I first thought of that I suddenly got in an absolute panic — nothing to do with Darwin , but , you know never mind — and I thought what about those erm , preying mantises and things , which who have adopted their front legs for sort of seizing prey like that they 've even got four legs to walk on — what do the poor things do ? |
| 5 | I feel far mo , less sympathy and far less identification with her than I perhaps do with a male worker who has to cope with the same kind of exploitation that I do , day in , day out . |
| 6 | She may be joking , but me , I just growl in a choked voice ‘ Hey , why do n't you cut us some of that cake ? ’ |
| 7 | Can I just say from a practical point of view , primary classes are fairly static sort of places , you 've got the teacher in the class all day , and if they say well let's have a micro in our classroom today that can be done , whereas a secondary teacher tends to wander round the school with a load of books under one arm and a bag of equipment under the other arm , and they 've also got to carry a micro round or move a micro from one classroom to another — it 's physically difficult , so in practice the primary teachers seem to find it easier to fit in with micros . |
| 8 | I once ran into a 10-wheel timber-hauling lorry which , being only about 3 miles long , had momentarily escaped my notice . |
| 9 | I once said to a small group of Reception children working in the play area : " I 've heard that this bracelet has some strange magic powers . |
| 10 | Will McLewin rolls into town 40 minutes late , parks his battered VW van on double yellow lines in Llanberis High Street and wanders into Pete 's Eats with a mirthful , wondering , combative expression on a face I once compared to a quick and breathing version of Norman Tebbit 's . |
| 11 | The road signs ( France is the only country I know where drivers are warned about beetroot on the road : BETTERAVES , I once saw in a red warning triangle , with a picture of a car slipping out of control ) . |
| 12 | I usually do n't mention the fact that I once trained as a social worker . |
| 13 | I ONCE mentioned to a local farmer that my grandfather had been born in the little fishing village of Staxigoe , to the north of Wick in Caithness , and he quickly warned me not to go about repeating the story , because of the supposedly dubious reputation the natives of Staxigoe have earned themselves down the ages . |
| 14 | By contrast , I once stayed on a tiny Wyoming ranch where the teetotal owner dragged us out of bed at 5 a.m. for long , freezing horse rides into the Rockies . |
| 15 | I once talked to an old retainer of the Usurper who claimed Richard hid five hundred pounds in gold in the great bed there . |
| 16 | I once suggested to a French audience that a book on Les silences du Colonel Polybe would be instructive . |
| 17 | I once sat on a Labour-controlled council which went out to tender and would not accept the lowest tender because it did not come from a direct labour department . |
| 18 | ‘ I always go into a massive depression in November . |
| 19 | I look good in this , your standard little black number , and I still get into a tight pair of jeans … |
| 20 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 21 | As you know , comrade , I usually cater to a civilian clientele . ’ |
| 22 | So I quickly dressed as a young man and followed you home to Baker Street . |
| 23 | I also heard of a former Scottish internationalist who felt obliged to leave the ground 15 minutes before the end concerned that he might otherwise lose his temper and respond to provocation . |
| 24 | I also came upon a mysterious animal I had not seen before : much larger than the herring , redder and infinitely more expensive . |
| 25 | I was raised in Britain where I took my A-levels and went to university , but I now teach at an American college . |
| 26 | I now live in a new house which has as much character as either of my previous homes — but without the rising damp and woodworm . |
| 27 | I now live in a small Perthshire village , substantially less homogeneous than the one in which I grew up but in which there are also a few catholic families and where the majority are of presbyterian Scottish/Ulster stock . |
| 28 | ‘ No , no , I now rank as an important contact , a senior opinion-former , or so she flatteringly told me . |
| 29 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 30 | It is one I often serve before a simple meat dish , beef , lamb or veal , which is probably already cooking in the oven before the vegetable dish goes in . |