Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little-known , that is , until she received the Snavely Award for Least Useful Research for her development of schools where backward quarks might learn charm . |
| 2 | Perhaps the Publishers Publicity Circle should introduce a new category of award : most publicity for least accessible title . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said under his breath as she finished , ‘ I 've dreamed about that Drowned Forest too . |
| 4 | He had to apologise about that young girl Carly because he got it all wrong . |
| 5 | Do you hear about that young girl killed in Rushton the other night ? |
| 6 | I am sorry about that young man . |
| 7 | I want to know as much as possible about that young man and his movements . |
| 8 | What would he do about that young man and the necklace ? |
| 9 | What should he do about that young scoundrel ? |
| 10 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 11 | What about that young shepherd we saw there the other day , what was his name ? ’ |
| 12 | Now do n't you worry about that young woman that 's upstairs , Sergeant Joe , except of course I would n't want no talk goin' on . ’ |
| 13 | What about that young foreman who got his wrist broken ? ’ |
| 14 | What about that other lodger ? |
| 15 | ‘ What about that other man in the rubbish dump ? ’ |
| 16 | You might also think about that other bastard son , Philip , in King John , a merry , pranking , politically astute fellow , with a wry , salty style . |
| 17 | what about that erm , what about that other place that er timber place on the way to Kilkern erm we went there , you , oh you went in to ask about some walnut , do you remember when er |
| 18 | about that other business |
| 19 | And what about that other thing ? |
| 20 | Relatively little is known about such people , although in oral evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee the head of medical statistics at the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys remarked that ‘ one of the things that people are now suggesting about that other group who do not have an occupation is that they are forming … an under class . ’ |
| 21 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
| 22 | Now you just have to tell me about that that peedie er shop again Vera . |
| 23 | " Now , since you have n't found anyone in London to suit your taste , what about that nice West girl who 's always sighing over you ? " |
| 24 | Movies had always been made about the past , of course , if not so very frequently about that immediate past whose primary unit of measure is the decade rather than the century ; but it was probably Visconti 's The Damned in 1969 that inaugurated what were to be the definitive parameters of a new filmic style . |
| 25 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty ‘ Sex ’ tome . |
| 26 | Microsoft Corp 's UK flackery is putting it about that Inside Windows NT by Helen Custer has sold more copies than Madonna 's weighty Sex tome . |
| 27 | I do not doubt that representations will be made about that private sector decision , which I very much regret . |
| 28 | Did you watch , did you watch that last night , granddad , on B B C two about that chemical plant ? |
| 29 | Waldegrave was killed because of what he knew , something about that pathetic joke . ’ |
| 30 | There was something sinister about that murmuring voice … |