Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid .
2 Soon she had formed them into a big circle , like this : —
3 Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage .
4 These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat .
5 It is also probable that the many forest tribes who were familiar with orang-utans simply regarded them as a different-looking lot of wild people .
6 I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way .
7 The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange .
8 ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox .
9 ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’
10 Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon .
11 ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’
12 ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment .
13 Her fiancé has now reported her as a missing person , I believe . ’
14 ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly .
15 He indicated to Haussmann that the form of the railway station , a huge open space covered by glass , had impressed him as a possible model and as a result of the Emperor 's predilections , and Baltard 's skill , the great new market of Les Halles was built in a light , airy combination of iron , stone and glass .
16 By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child .
17 Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair .
18 Yet he had pursued her with a single-minded intent that was unnerving .
19 She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been !
20 Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it .
21 The wording with which section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 introduced diminished responsibility is rather unsatisfactory , but judges , counsel , doctors , and juries have approached it with a compassionate pragmatism rather than with the rarefied verbal analysis too frequently encountered in English criminal law .
22 Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group .
23 In our answer to question 4 we have included it as a current account balance in order to reduce Susan 's exposure vis-a -vis Bob .
24 In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away .
25 ‘ Cypress Hill are smoking funk , and they 've rolled it into a fat album featuring ‘ How I Could Just Kill A Man ’ and ‘ Hand On The Pump ’ .
26 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness .
27 I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time .
28 Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time .
29 Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon .
30 When has anyone among you seen me with a gloomy face ?
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