Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd be there for hours , then wake up bog-eyed and fit for nothing next morning . |
| 2 | 1956 : after years of writing about nothing much happening 'cos everything is crap THE BEAST IS BORN … |
| 3 | The game was more enjoyable for everyone that way . |
| 4 | not bad at all for somebody that age . |
| 5 | For somebody that age . |
| 6 | The air heavy with sweat , greasepaint and burning dust , a lot of clutter and small talk , some haste , occasional flurries of panic , and long stretches of nothing much happening while the empty passageways echoed with relayed sound from the house pickup . |
| 7 | BARRY WIGMORE REPORTS FROM THE BUNKERS OF SARAJEVO ON THE DREAMS OF ONE LITTLE GIRL |
| 8 | Every year on her annual holidays , Patsy paid a dutiful visit of one half day to the orphanage which had reared her , and then she went to stay with a friend who had married in Dublin . |
| 9 | Long regarded as the epitome of everything middle-of-the- road , G Plan has got a new image . |
| 10 | Sir Richard described the proposal in the Broadcasting Bill as ‘ state control of a commercial channel — surely the antithesis of everything this government is opposed to ’ . |
| 11 | Michael enacts a scene where , smiling politely , he attempts to use a telephone to inform some touchy British official that there is a heap of something untoward lying on one of his pavements . |
| 12 | ‘ This is a new chance for me but I ca n't say yet that it 's the beginning of something long term . |
| 13 | Turning 30 , 40 or 50 can be the start of something great Sex with a younger man — it ought to be on prescription ! |
| 14 | And , as in Enid Blyton 's Famous Five children 's books , there was always ‘ lashings of ginger beer ’ and the smell of something appetizing baking in the kitchen . |
| 15 | This may not be true , but certainly in listening to conversational English one does encounter a very large number of these and they do seem to the native speaker to have some perhaps indefinable ‘ feel ’ of something negative present in the background , as suggested above , on p. 139 ) . |
| 16 | This chance is 1% for a quick look , then a re-roll each extra Turn with an additional 1% ( cumulative ) chance of something hostile turning up . |
| 17 | And tonight the orchestra , intrigued by the vibrations they had picked up of something unusual happening this season , gave the entrance a full-bodied flourish of emotional sound , a build-up of chord and melody that culminated with Therese , shimmering , a mass of silver and flashing diamonds , swinging her way down to front stage , smiling , radiant , totally in control , moving quickly , gracefully around her stage guests , a wave of her muff to this one , a kiss blown to that . |
| 18 | Essentially they want something to happen , and their street activity can best be understood as an attempt to maximize the chances of something interesting happening . |
| 19 | The third mystery concerns another ghost known as ‘ Old Moll ’ who at times walks around the churchyard , the legend being connected with a horse which threw its rider when it reared at the sight of something supernatural coming down the hill at Skipsea Brough . |
| 20 | Now we tried a bit of W a We actually gave you a worth of something last time , |
| 21 | And because he wa he was really the only one that was in regular work in , in the yard , I 'm sorry well there was another one but still , there was n't many , everybody was short of something some day . |
| 22 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 23 | They won the most aways of anyone last season ( 7 I think ) . |
| 24 | So people were increasingly being faced with the problem of lots more dog mess close to home and how to dispose of it ! |
| 25 | ‘ Whoever heard of anything interesting happening in October ? ’ |
| 26 | Get them to talk , and if there is a hint of anything unusual report to me . ’ |
| 27 | He took the strain like the anchor-man on a rope , pushing hard against his own backward pull — all the power in his leg and all the power in his arms — his face a rictus of effort , his lips drawn back like someone enduring pain . |
| 28 | Of course , Bo 's place in rock 's hallowed hall of fame was determined long ago , but if you 're hankering for music 's evergreen roots or simply wish to wallow in the master 's genius , then I Do n't Sound like Nobody apt title acts as a worthwhile crash course . |
| 29 | Of course , Bo 's place in rock 's hallowed hall of fame was determined long ago , but if you 're hankering for music 's evergreen roots or simply wish to wallow in the master 's genius , then I Do n't Sound like Nobody apt title acts as a worthwhile crash course . |
| 30 | These days they meet at conferences like one this week in Prague , sponsored by the Institute for Policy Research and the Centre for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector . |