Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] such a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of confining the Cup to a gleaming glass case somewhere , the Australian Rugby Union took the attitude that if you 're going to win such a proud flag of valour , the only sensible thing to do is to wave it around . |
| 2 | ‘ Those two are going to have such a good time — is n't it just so lucky , their being born almost together ? ’ |
| 3 | They 're not quite so committed to doing maths in the morning and English in the afternoon , whereas in a secondary school it is quite difficult to bring in something as that 's going to have such a dramatic effect as a micro without sort of the ripples actually perturbing things to a destructive degree . |
| 4 | It was demoralising to think such a beautiful girl could have so mean and greedy a spirit . |
| 5 | Ian Botham ca n't have been expecting to have such a free winter , but he 's certainly filling it innovatively with a national tour of his show , An Evening With Ian Botham . |
| 6 | Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics . |
| 7 | Mr Branson commented : ‘ It seems sad that after having accepted such a modest level of compensation we were unable to conclude an agreement . |
| 8 | I cursed myself for having made such a feeble thing of life before being shot down . |
| 9 | And then , as though embarrassed at having revealed such a secret part of herself , she quickly pushed open the gate and walked up the path . |
| 10 | I always pity the average and fat ones , congratulating myself on having avoided such a flabby fate . |
| 11 | We worked together as a Club on this project , but one by one the members dropped by the wayside , until the good lady decided it was n't worth wasting the petrol coming to collect such a few items . |
| 12 | SHABBA AND ‘ The Specialist ’ may not be the only ones to respond with a terse ‘ Who he ? ’ when confronted by Scritti Politti , Green having kept such a low profile over the last three years . |
| 13 | I suspect there are few poems which are able to make a youthful reader feel at close hand the desperation of the old as I perhaps am able to grasp having read such a beautiful piece of work . |
| 14 | However , I ca n't believe that , having chosen such a precarious means of earning a living , you would n't get the best out of it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Tom , in turn , was very smug about having captured such a beautiful woman . |
| 16 | Presumably the justification is that D has already crossed a high moral/social threshold in choosing to commit such a serious offence , and should therefore be held liable for whatever consequences ensue , however unforeseeable they may be . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't see much point in trying to alter such a bigoted outlook . ’ |