Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At night we were visited by entrepreneurs in sarongs and Muslim black felt " peci " hats , who knocked so quietly that for a long time we thought they were merely underpowered geckos .
2 Chesarynth concentrated on the maths of it so hard that for a long time she ignored the awareness tugging at her subconscious .
3 All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured .
4 It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ …
5 You had to have meals-on-wheels because that was what there was , and particularly the meals-on-wheels study we did in Islington [ Barker & Noble , 1983 ] which clearly indicated that half the recipients desperately needed meals-on-wheels , but they needed a lot of other things as well , and that for the other half they were inappropriate anyway .
6 We never did establish that for the simple reason we were in a terrible quandary ourselves wondering which version was the right one .
7 I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it .
8 So if you could do that for the next meeting I 'd be grateful .
9 s s several decades apart , had broken this about the same place you see .
10 Regular readers of Hairflair will now doubt recognise the name Ralph Kleeli Hair and some of the superb work they have produced .
11 Based in Lancashire , Ralph Kleeli Hair and some of the superb work they have produced .
12 Chris feels it is some of the best stuff they have ever done .
13 But this new album , er I 've become er obsessed by it because I 'm so excited , er cos I think it 's actually some of the best work I 've ever done .
14 I know most of you will have seen the 7–0 vs Southampton ( 32 passes was n't it ) , or the 5–1 vs Man Utd , but I reckon the 4–0 murder of Aston Villa ( who were in the top 5 at the time ) at Villa Park and the 6–1 at Hillsborough were some of the best soccer I have ever seen .
15 So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second .
16 I was a bit disconcerted by some of the arty-crafty talk I Overheard .
17 but the interesting is I was talking to one of the training people at one of the big finance houses recently about whether or not one could piggy back on some of their courses or whether in fact some of the in-house stuff they do they would like to deliver to external B A I E people
18 If those who work in the media wish to enjoy the freedom desired for them by the Royal Commission — the freedom to publish facts and opinions which are in the public interest — they may have to forgo some of the comparative freedom they enjoy to publish facts and opinions which are not .
19 The questions listed are simply an indication of some of the key information you may require in order to plan sensibly ahead .
20 The shambles at the end of his splendid evening was aggravating him sorely and he propelled Fiona into a seat at the table with some of the disgruntled force he 'd shown in Ronnie Curzon 's office .
21 Answer guide : Some of the additional information you would need relates to cost by product , potential sales volume by product , price elasticity of demand , competitor prices etc .
22 They try and hide some of the total mess they have made .
23 This is my way of sharing some of the good fortune I have had .
24 Once she 'd downed some of the extra-strong brew she gave her sister the bare bones of the story , then turned dull eyes on Elise 's horrified face .
25 Set on a high plateau some 2,900 feet above sea level , Hinterzarten enjoys a superb sunshine record and some of the freshest air we 've tasted .
26 Also Mr and Mrs Nicholas Saint , Mr and Mrs John Lelliott , Lady Henrietta St George , another Vice president of the NCH ; and Mr and Mrs John Taylor , and Miss Elizabeth Gage , wearing some of the beautiful jewellery she designs .
27 After rugged David Shearer barged over Jimmy Carter and Lee Dixon before firing home Blackburn 's 85th-minute decider , Graham conceded : ‘ We 've got to put the physical side of our game back in place — even if it means sacrificing some of the attractive football we want to play . ’
28 The fastenings for the steel bits would need to be on the gun deck , and it was on the gun deck they had some of the electronic equipment they did not want the Chilean officers to see .
29 Adams showed the authority and leadership you would expect from a defender who has won 17 caps at senior level but in World Cup terms the most significant performance came from Gascoigne , who cut out the asides and showed some of the tactical discipline he has to acquire if he is to make the most of his natural talent in international football .
30 He says : ‘ It 's imperative we keep the confidence in our own ability to score goals , because then some of the bad luck we feel we 've been having will start to change .
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