Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Still bringing wages home to me dear old mum , ’ said Joe , who spent the occasional weekend with his parents in their Chatham home and was always there at Christmas . |
| 2 | Each of them combined eastern ritual with western realism . |
| 3 | W first of all though I think I 've got them right this time I hope , the World Health Organization , charities , the United Nations , the European Commission erm foreign business organizations and l the bodies that lay down regulations er for activities . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , Tom would n't let us go , kept fillin' up them old cracked china mugs of his . |
| 5 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |
| 6 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 7 | Between 2 January and 6 January 1939 , for example , the brothers walked forty-two miles in the Welsh Marches ( i.e. borders — from me Old English mearc ) , and rounded them off with a stay in Great Malvern . |
| 8 | It 's fresh , pleasant to use , does n't irritate skin and keeps me fresh all day . |
| 9 | As the band 's agent in this case , I had to work with the record company to circumvent the rigid Radio I Top 40 format . |
| 10 | I tell you , colleagues , am I glad that meeting was before this Congress . |
| 11 | Seven chains have set up Today 's Central Buying Company to give them similar bulk-buying muscle as Sainsbury and Tesco . |
| 12 | Large figure-of-eight shields were depicted on the walls of the East Wing of the Labyrinth , possibly to indicate that the building was under divine protection ; the dappled hides of which the shields were made presumably came from the bull , the sacred beast , and this may have given them additional prophylactic value . |
| 13 | You 're fair like your mother and you ca n't run around without shoes like them ignorant dark pickney . |
| 14 | In a country of massive illiteracy , the emotional impact of visual images and the spoken word could give them tremendous manipulative potential . |
| 15 | " Siddown , ye great daft bugger , " he murmured with affection . |
| 16 | It is connected to a desire to paint an all white picture of Britain , a Britain before ‘ immigration ’ , an insular idea of what Ye Olde British culture and produce was . |
| 17 | And she buys them white Swiss cotton , no other . |
| 18 | A quiet woman in a large white apron brought them cold white wine in a red earthenware jug , and they sat at the edge of the patio looking out at the rows of vines , of lemon trees , tomatoes and capsicums that straggled down the hillside , shaded in places by tall cypresses and stunted white-trunked olive trees . |
| 19 | Radchenko is clearly the dangerman in a team whose away exploits have earned them previous European qualification . |
| 20 | So I nipped in and bought one of them little tiny bag , I 've never had tiny bag before . |
| 21 | ‘ Shut up , you annoying little wretch ! |
| 22 | Yes the mysterious ‘ people ’ who ‘ look after ’ EMF — otherwise known as your record company , you dozy drug-addled twat ! |
| 23 | To help you complete this plan , try to draw a picture that you will associate with your goal . |
| 24 | ‘ It wo n't cost you a penny , you dear old thing . |
| 25 | You weak long line crawling along , |
| 26 | ‘ Well , it 's over now , you lazy black bastard , and the client wants three scuba sets put on board . ’ |
| 27 | You strange magical spirit , I love you ! |
| 28 | Oh you old clever dick |
| 29 | " Shut up , you prurient old thing , " he said shovelling in his kedgeree — salmon kedgeree , Nicandra noticed . |
| 30 | Oh you unpleasant little rat ! |