Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It really is a bit odd the way those two bits of the wood do not connect . |
| 2 | Whatever we get I say Angie 's is that , carpet 's that thick , three pound odd a roll |
| 3 | Well when you 've finished taking them , three pound odd a packet they are . |
| 4 | About one pound odd a week . |
| 5 | pay three pound odd a week . |
| 6 | 4.1 Let us now consider the fourth position for adjectives : predicate qualifying occurrence , seen in : ( 1 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong the jury found Ernest guilty she buys her dresses ready-made |
| 7 | Carlie also claimed that when she was two months old a baby-sitter had stolen a gold cross from round her neck . |
| 8 | At four and a half months old , young pigs are taken for slaughter to be sold as pork ; at six months old the remainder meet their end as bacon . |
| 9 | As she kicked her legs high the air |
| 10 | I thought about it calmly , still standing there as though nothing had passed through my mind but the continual computation guiding the kite , and I thought it seemed reasonable . |
| 11 | In 1912 the firm amalgamated with many others to form the British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. a subsidiary of the A.P.C.M. |
| 12 | Still one nil to Leicester David Speedy the scorer . |
| 13 | It had seemed a good idea at the time , a bit of expensive and unusual fun with some of her friends , and sure , she had been intrigued when she had been told that she should beware of her fiery nature 's setting alight a situation which would become frighteningly uncontrollable , but that was three days ago . |
| 14 | Soon , Fiona and David beat-off the competition , then it 's time for the Gold-run . |
| 15 | Soon , Fiona and David beat-off the competition , then it 's time for the Gold-run . |
| 16 | Outside , on the mean sweep of gravel , she could see Lal 's sleek expensive car overwhelming the place , expressing money in every line , expressing all that Nicandra could not give . |
| 17 | This model , based initially on the fairly crude neuroanatomical data available a century ago , has stood the test of time remarkably well but data obtained over the last two decades have prompted modifications in the details . |
| 18 | ‘ Not a command -just a plea , darling . |
| 19 | Tatum , 29 , signed for the role of ex-Playboy bunny Bambi Bembenek — who killed her husband 's ex-wife -just a fortnight after she revealed she was ending her six-year marriage . |
| 20 | The umpires green-flagged the crash but penalised Stripes for hitting the mark , effectively giving Kanza the race . |
| 21 | The Battalion was provided with a training area on Greenham Common an hour 's march away . |
| 22 | If she kept her eyes open the car very often failed to start . |
| 23 | oh it says something like J R Green a number which does n't exist and any tradesperson could have the name address type of trade and a real phone number |
| 24 | As the Mercedes crossed the bridge to the gate , he leaned back and said softly , ‘ Too late to get off the roundabout now , Walter , far too late . ’ |
| 25 | Shareholders nodded-through the acquisition and capital raising on Monday and the deal is due to be completed tomorrow , giving Sunleigh a new role in life as a leisure company . |
| 26 | The Royal Africa Company had to provide slaves for English colonists as a condition of keeping the charter which gave it the monopoly of the trade , and the colonists added to the injury of leaving their debts unpaid the insult of complaining that too few slaves were being delivered . |
| 27 | Other critics praised Street Scene : George Blaisdell for instance liked the way in which ‘ simple persons have come into their own ’ and Photoplay told its readers that here they would find the ‘ humour , the pathos and the gripping drama ’ which they saw again and again in their own lives and in their own newspapers , but then it went on to ask : ‘ Will it be box-office ? ’ |
| 28 | That significant marine action extends to quite high levels is well known.Wentworth ( 1938 ) has for instance described an example from the Hawaiian Islands , where a block of tuff weighing about 7 tons has been moved several feet fro its natural position at an elevation of 12m ( 40 ft ) on an exposed cliff . |
| 29 | It was just a bit sad the way it all ended . ’ |
| 30 | when it 's a single thickness strong the colour wo n't be as strong as that anyway . |