Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , they 'd beat Arsenal in more recent years in erm in the Milk Cup at Arsenal , that was very exciting a few years ago . |
| 2 | Her dark blonde hair was cut into a short , feathery style , which had been popular a few years ago . |
| 3 | He actually had the ball in the net in the first half : City were playing a very boring offside game , Whelan thought he 'd got free a few yards inside the city half , but with Coton bearing down on him , he was judged offside . |
| 4 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 5 | For example , I was very embarrassed a few years ago when all his hoo-ha came out about this erm bishop who was getting this marvellous mansion in the country , and I thought to myself I 'm not totally sure whether this is right . |
| 6 | Whether that renaissance ever really occurred seems very doubtful a few years on — the issues at the centre of Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge continue to be debated but usually with little reference to his work . |
| 7 | He seemed so old a few minutes ago and now he 's like a little kid again . |
| 8 | It all looked very different a few years ago . |
| 9 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 10 | Pages that had seemed worthless a few days before were now pored over , in the hope that they 'd yield some clue , encoded in the fanciful excesses of Chant 's idiosyncratic and ill-punctuated prose , that would lead him to some fresh comprehension of the times and their movers . |
| 11 | The pristine white walls were relieved every few feet with original prints of tropical flowers , their colours toning perfectly with the Mexican rug and quilted comforter tucked over coral-coloured bed-linen . |
| 12 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 13 | I was n't so sure I was going to throw up now , but that same irresponsible , destructive part of my brain-just a few neurons probably , but I suppose there are a few in every brain and it only takes a very small hooligan element to give the rest a bad name — kept thinking about those fried eggs and bacon on the cold plate , and each time I almost heaved . |
| 14 | After returning from a week away I found the pond to be deep black ; the fish were visible a few inches from the surface . |
| 15 | The depth of Nizan 's commitment to the Soviet Union was similarly visible a few months later when he described the great steps made by the mass of the Soviet people in terms of cultural development : When you have seen young workers in Moscow or Tashkent … speaking passionately of Gogol or Gorky , you realise that the Soviet people have gained admission to the high culture that was previously a privilege of the bourgeoisie … |
| 16 | Fortunately , when Clytus went aground , the master and crew were able to scramble ashore through the breakers on Barassie 's sandy beach , and the vessel was recovered undamaged a few days later . |
| 17 | She made the clothes , baked , cooked , brewed beer and sold it , made butter and sold it , decorated others ' houses , took in others ' washing and brought up her remarkable family with little help from her husband , often penniless a few hours after getting his wage packet , a greater child , perhaps , than any of her own . |
| 18 | Technological advances , international competition and consequent relative price reductions in producer and consumer electronics have led the US , European and Japanese TNCs , that for the most part control the electronic media , to develop global strategies for the establishment and aggrandisement of their various hegemonic practices that would have been technically impossible , and in some cases even unthinkable a few decades ago ( see Schiller , 1981 ; McPhail , 1987 ) . |
| 19 | For men like these a university education would have been unthinkable a few years earlier , but in 1920 Burma obtained its own university on a campus outside Rangoon . |
| 20 | The violent , dangerous and delinquent youth of the magistrates and NAS were also present in the statements of individual Chief Constables and representatives of the Police Federation who articulated publicly their own theories on the causes of crime in a manner which would have been thought unthinkable a few years previously . |
| 21 | No , that was not what Jean-Claude had in mind , and he rose and went inside a played a few bars of something by Scriabin . |
| 22 | It was fine a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 23 | It had become obvious a few years back that this was a problem for Britain . |
| 24 | The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a month away … the Grand National a few furlongs further … |
| 25 | The officer was released unharmed a few hours later … but Johnson , described by the police as armed and dangerous was on the run until this afternoon , when he was captured in a car park at Radlett in Hertfordshire . |
| 26 | This team won 15–0 in a foreign friendly a few weeks ago , they are out for blood . |
| 27 | When Liverpool beat them 7-1 in a pre-season friendly a few months ago I think a few people thought the Prenton bubble had burst . |
| 28 | Then the figure spoke again , and Jim 's heart leapt like he would never have thought possible a few nights earlier , as he recognised the nasal drawl of the red-neck trucker called Jube . |
| 29 | All this involvement has led people to question their abilities and outlook on their jobs and has made them see that they are capable of doing things ( with a little training and encouragement ) they never dreamed possible a few months ago . |
| 30 | On this occasion , the rescue ship steamed up the line of the convoy with a big blackboard out on deck saying : ‘ SORRY NO MORE SEATS — FULL HOUSE ’ . |