Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Indeed for a few medieval days it was the effective capital of England . |
| 32 | some interesting things you can … |
| 33 | The sniping was increasing and I had to move away to help guard some German prisoners we had collected in the action . |
| 34 | Ibn Fayoud looked at the place settings , noting that the few racing contacts he had been obliged to invite had sensibly been distributed among the more amusing people who had come up from London . |
| 35 | it 's same with a Samsung , I end up sometimes putting it in the Toshiba one , to re-wind it back , but I 've had some funny tapes I have just lately , it 's the tape that wo n't re-wind , because how I 've noticed been the tape like , cos I 've put it in the Toshiba and re-wound , but it would n't even re-wind in the Toshiba , so Arthur says well he says that 's the tapes |
| 36 | Not like some snotty sisters I could name … ’ |
| 37 | Adding to these the few cordless tools I already possess , and one or two tools ‘ hot off the manufacturing press ’ I shall endeavour to introduce the technology and give a broad appraisal of the tools . |
| 38 | ‘ And I hope we 're both mature enough to treat each other with civility and respect for the few remaining days we 're forced to spend together . ’ |
| 39 | The next showing was The Tin Drum , but that was a book my father had bought for me years ago , one of the few real presents he has ever given me , and I had therefore assiduously avoided reading it , just as I had Myra Breckinridge , another of his rare gifts . |
| 40 | Apparently some rotten olives she had eaten were to blame . |
| 41 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |
| 42 | Here are some simple sweets you can make to hang up . |
| 43 | on there because I I I I , this following instructions I remembered why I put it now we are , but one you were saying that |
| 44 | On the day on which Saad Rashid had received the confirmation of the transaction from Switzerland , he had tidied his desk at the back of the Iraqi Airlines office , taken what few personal possessions he kept there and placed them in his briefcase , locked his door , pocketed his key , and told his assistant manager that he believed he was showing the first symptoms of the ‘ flu that was sweeping London . |
| 45 | She took another step forward , and saw the few personal items she had brought with her lying on the floor . |
| 46 | In a few limited cases we " can actually try things out in the laboratory or with an engineering model . |
| 47 | . Erm if and only if you find there 's been some real benefits you . |
| 48 | ‘ Experiments of nature ’ , the naturally occurring fluctuations of life experience , have therefore been resorted to , but though these have raised some intriguing questions they have so far provided few conclusive answers . |
| 49 | ‘ . After another 10 minutes he is with me . |
| 50 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 51 | By following a few simple guidelines it is possible to establish a very productive breeding programme . |
| 52 | After another six months I was asked to attend the physiotherapy department for treatment ; this did bring some relief , but only for a matter of hours . |
| 53 | After some 10 days we received our order back from Bailey Distribution Ltd with a memo asking for a new cheque made out to them , since they could not transfer the original cheque due because it was crossed . |
| 54 | It 's generally accepted that oral contraceptives may slightly enlarge a woman 's breasts , but in a few exceptional cases it has had other more alarming side-effects . |
| 55 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 56 | Well dressed men were once again looking up at her , there was also some scruffy ones she noticed , but decided to ignore them . |
| 57 | It is known that the sea is cruel , but it is also humourless , so few laughs are prompted by this book and after some glum pages it is easy to crave even the schoolboy humour of Stephen Leacock 's skit , Soaked in Seaweed . |
| 58 | Chris Hankins explains some basic steps you can take to keep your PC in a healthy condition . |
| 59 | Crimes of violence , for example , are by and large one poor person hitting another poor person — and in almost half these instances it is a man hitting his wife or lover … the more vulnerable a person is economically and socially the more likely it is that both working class and white-collar crime will occur against them ( Matthews and Young , 1986 , p. 23 ) . |
| 60 | We saw no razorbills , which was a surprise , and the few little auks we saw were all out on the water , but the puffins made up for the loss . |