Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would those older cadets actually report him for such an infringement , on Lexandro 's part , of cousinly courtesy ? |
| 2 | His ingenious situation concerns very small homunculi from space , of the order of magnitude of body cells , who enter a human being in large numbers and colonize him to such an extent that he is eventually made up of small conscious entities . |
| 3 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 4 | It 's a matter , I think , of managing it properly , of making sure that we minimise any kind of deleterious effect on the environment , that we manage it in such a way that is tolerable and beneficial to ourselves , to our communities wherever we live . |
| 5 | They describe it in such a way that it finally appears as it is , that is to say intolerable . " |
| 6 | A deconstructive reading of this kind , then , will take the metaphysical , logocentric oppositions at work in a text , reverse them , and then question them in such a way as to ‘ neutralize ’ them . |
| 7 | Such remarks , though a backhanded compliment in their implied assumption of her intelligence , made her hate him with such an intensity that she could actually feel herself start to tremble and sweat . |
| 8 | sort of read through a bit about it and then when you 've read it , put the book away and leave it for half an hour or an hour or something and then try and draw a rough outline of some of the main points . |
| 9 | they leave it for half an hour . |
| 10 | N. If you are knitting full needle rib then you can probably leave the stitch size a t the size you have been using , or increase it by half a number . |
| 11 | There was some people round here that were selling gear that were n't smack'eads and they 'd do you a lay on without any rings or surety or nothing and you 'd say , well , ‘ Lay us on half a gram and I 'll sell it , like ’ , and they 'd say , ‘ Alright ’ , and then you 'd go back a coupla days later and say , ‘ Look . |
| 12 | See you in half an hour , then ? ’ |
| 13 | See you in half an hour . ’ |