Example sentences of "[pers pn] a large [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Mollie that 's , I have n't given you a large helping but it 's a ginger pudding . |
| 2 | This will change as you work , in the same way that colour 1 did , allowing you a large area of colour displayed for yarn matching . |
| 3 | I 'll order you a large ice-cream as a reward . ’ |
| 4 | Got me a large strap for it . |
| 5 | Simply send me a large cheque and I will provide you with the ordnance survey co-ordinates of its last sighting . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't hesitate to offer me a large drink ! ’ she squeaks , as she climbs out of her car one sultry afternoon , and they all emerge from the house , astonished , Howard and the boys stripped to the waist . |
| 7 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 8 | I DISCOVERED OIL pastels one Christmas when kindly relation bought me a large box after hearing that I painted in pastels ; not realising that it was the soft chalk variety that I used . |
| 9 | I 'd gone through three packets of tissues from the canteen , and a flunkey had been dispatched to Underwoods to buy me a large box of Men 's Size . |
| 10 | She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth . |
| 11 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 12 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |
| 14 | W would you go and get me a large pack of |
| 15 | My father died when I was five , and left me a large sum of money in trust until my twenty-fifth birthday . |
| 16 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 17 | 1.3. a Although only 58 institutions provided the full questionnaire , they taught between them a large number of courses . |
| 18 | Some local authorities , such as Torbay , that have within them a large number of second homes , from which they must derive some income because of the cost incurred in administering that situation , might like greater flexibility — such as that available under the rating and community charge systems . |
| 19 | When purchasing Malayan Angels give them a large tank with plenty of swimming space and room to grow . |
| 20 | The next morning brought more early arrivals ; namely , the two ladies from Germany — who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds — bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen , as well as a great many trunks . |
| 21 | You may well save them a large amount of money and a fee should be negotiated . |
| 22 | FRANCE pursues a single-minded policy to promote families by giving them a large tax deduction for each child , in addition to an allowance for mothers who stay at home . |
| 23 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 24 | The woman happened to be quite wealthy , cheerfully handed him a large cheque as a gift — and he flew to Hawaii . |
| 25 | A client bought from him a large quantity of shares in an infamous CTC stock which went bust . |
| 26 | I took him to the ‘ Tally 's ’ ( ice-cream shop ) at the corner of our street and Bedford Street — and bought him a large cone . |
| 27 | Their agreement was the first based on profit-sharing as well as retention of copyright , which gave him a large measure of control over publication and future working of the copyrights . |
| 28 | There seemed to be a leader , an enormously tall man with a long , heavy , gold chain round his neck who bore in front of him a large picture of somebody , framed in rough wood . |
| 29 | The importance of being able to reciprocate gifts in kind is also illustrated by case study data from Pahl 's study on household work strategies on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent , in which one man who was long-term unemployed had been helping an uncle to decorate his house , and how the uncle then gave him a large piece of meat . |
| 30 | There they were met by Viscount Aimar , who had with him a large force of Gascon routiers under a chief called William Arnald . |