Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I write biographies , I sit at a large kitchen table with a wide surface on which books and papers can be laid , essential for checking quotations or references . |
| 2 | I think to a large degree fashion has something to do with it — the innovatory concept of Sussex was very exciting in the Sixties , it 's a bit old had not . |
| 3 | I settle to a large Lagavulin in relief , and watch Martin Stephenson illustrate just why he is a full-time professional and I am a dilettante moonlighting journalist with the eternal excuse that there might be a column in it . |
| 4 | The more status you give to a large number of authority figures , the more , relatively , you diminish your own . |
| 5 | You talk about a large list erm how many possible lectures are there on the list ? |
| 6 | However , next time you go to a large supermarket for your supplies ( or if you shop daily , the next time you go to your local shops ) consider your buying habits . |
| 7 | Whenever possible ( especially if you live in a large town or city ) , visit the seaside and breathe in the bracing sea air . |
| 8 | So , particularly if you live in a large town and have no garden , bring animals to the microhabitat by putting materials of these kinds in it . |
| 9 | If you work for a large company , with plenty of in-house techies to repair a computer if it goes wrong , or you are competent — and confident — enough to fix it yourself , then you could be justified in buying cheap and taking a risk . |
| 10 | Even if you work in a large consultancy of the future where a media department controls the production , you will still probably have to write . |
| 11 | If you work in a large store or supermarket , you may well have an automatic , computerised till . |
| 12 | Leonora sipped her tea in silence , watching him dispose of a large slice of cheese and several wholewheat biscuits . |
| 13 | These , if they proceed on a large scale , can have the damaging effect of taking custom away from the town centre on a substantial scale . |
| 14 | They live in a large house with children aged 10 , 14 and 18 . |
| 15 | Metasedimentary rocks are common in south Harris where they occur on a large scale in well-defined belts extending for considerable distances ; up to 15 km in places . |