Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 During a normal night 's sleep we cycle between these two main states , generally getting through about four cycles as the night passes .
2 But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ .
3 ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again .
4 We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region .
5 But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired .
6 What happens on a cold winter 's evening you stand in front of the fire .
7 It was a cast-off fireman 's jacket he was wearing .
8 If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video .
9 After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle .
10 They are , however , subsidized to some extent , and although the Remploy workers do a full day 's work they do not have quite such demands made on them as they would encounter in open employment .
11 During a hot summer 's day you would n't be able to move for frazzled tourists but when the weather is miserable it 's a different story .
12 Erm well my father was a like a on a far a small farmer 's son you see .
13 The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ .
14 All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) .
15 There is a vacant night-porter 's job we might be able to fill on a temporary basis .
16 The joy of a sorrowing mother 's heart he is — her one and only White Rose ! ’
17 Jeans cut off thigh-high to make shorts and a T-shirt he had made out of an old man 's vest he had bought for 20p in a sale under the arches at Charing Cross Station and dyed green and yellow .
18 Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think
19 Now of course I 'm not supposed to admit to these things , being a professional , bo b before I do admit it them as I am going to I have to say that er on an average year er year we do about one thousand five hundred jobs and in that time there will probably be about three or four claimable accidents that we 'll have .
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