Example sentences of "[pers pn] a different [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Am I a different person today ? |
2 | and I probably wo n't stop I 'll just tell you a different way . |
3 | we shall give you a different law |
4 | Scrunching is a simple and effective technique for adding volume to fine hair , giving you a different look at the same time . |
5 | Because the f the county 's forty one thousand figure I I 'll give you a different answer on th on the effect of that if the H B F's forecasts are the most accurate , . |
6 | has been taken into account or not and we , w we would probably end up giving you a different answer but erm I mean w we I do n't want to go back to that I , I 'll leave that , I 'll leave that , I 'll |
7 | Please let me know if you have problems with this timing , it may be possible to give you a different delivery address . |
8 | The only thing that did n't work for him was his marriage , perhaps his wife will give you a different side … do n't tell me that you did n't know he was married and separated , Mr Millet … bit bloody thin on the groundwork , are n't you ? ’ |
9 | And since the mandolin has a different tuning to the guitar , it gives you a different chord voicing to everybody else . |
10 | My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . |
11 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
12 | Mm , mm , I do n't know , I think one of me tablets , me , for me heart , they give me a different tablet like , it was a same like Heinz Beans or Cross and Blackwell Beans |
13 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
14 | ‘ Ah , so you would give me a different opinion at Walworth ? ’ |
15 | Anyway , for her the tree — for me a different penalty . |
16 | He hands me a different picture . |
17 | The flight has given me a different feeling towards future flying trips . |
18 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
19 | The reforms which might be expected from this theoretical starting-point are moves towards market mechanisms or some surrogate for them which can be used both to influence the behaviour of bureaucrats by giving them a different set of incentives , and to increase the range of choice available to the consumers of public — in this case particularly local government — services . |
20 | Also , as West European capitalism filtered across Germany and set in motion the inevitable homogenisation of markets and language within the customs union , the reaction of the Polish subject people , who were after all not the primary , nor even secondary , beneficiaries of capitalist modes of production and the spread of profit , and who had behind them a different set of cultural and political orientations , was similar to that of the Germans . |
21 | Giving him a different style |
22 | Think of the princess in The Arabian Nights , for instance , who distracted the king from his evil intentions for one thousand and one nights , by telling him a different story every night . |
23 | ‘ Far from it ! ’ she said thickly , but her racing pulses told him a different story , and she knew her desire for him was growing stronger with each moment they spent together . |
24 | Mr Wilson says this gave him a different approach as well as a wider experience of business . |
25 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
26 | Terry gave him a different word and he went off content . |
27 | Bowe , they say , who does impressions of Stevie Wonder , Bill Cosby and Ronald Reagan that could earn him a different sort of starring role on the Vegas Strip , has yet to prove that he 's more than a clever impersonator of a heavyweight champion . |
28 | Are they a different prescription |
29 | Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ? |
30 | But her own body told her a different story which , lying here for the long days of rest which had been prescribed for her , she had heard clearly enough through the bird-twitter of Linnet and her mother , and Tristan 's determined joviality . |