Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the fluted columns , caryatid gateways and golden domes of the pavilion suggested to my adolescent self a world of ambiguous pleasures involving him , which I had to suppress my tipsy mind from visualising . |
| 2 | And my old man a — ’ |
| 3 | Although we shall do our utmost to resist it , I can not give my hon. Friend a guarantee that we will be successful in that endeavour . |
| 4 | May I press my hon. Friend a little further on the question of the special car tax , given the Government 's excellent record in getting rid of idiosyncratic taxes , of which this is one ? |
| 5 | I can not give my hon. Friend a precise answer to that question , but the inspection of a school in Wales is a fairly rare occurrence , taking schools as a whole . |
| 6 | I can not give my hon. Friend a precise timetable . |
| 7 | I have always shared with my hon. Friend a belief in the importance of manufacturing industry , particularly the motor car industry . |
| 8 | Is not my hon. Friend a little surprised that the Opposition seek to raise that point , given that the 1990 Act and other measures demonstrate that every major environmental initiative this century has been implemented by a Conservative Government ? |
| 9 | It has recently published its prospectus for 1992-93 , and I will send my hon. Friend a copy . |
| 10 | Let me give my hon. Friend a quote : ’ If our costs rise more rapidly than others ' costs , particularly German costs , then British producers lose markets at home and abroad . ’ |
| 11 | However , I am delighted that the Government are giving my hon. Friend a money resolution — that is all very proper — but I beg the House not to be too concerned about what the figure is . |
| 12 | I my personal opinion a Sloth might be a good analogy although they have been know to get down quicker than John ( i.e falling out of the tree ) |
| 13 | I found it difficult to transfer my weight onto this , but by dropping my left hand a good undercut aided the awkward pull across . |
| 14 | When I read a book or saw a play or studied a synopsis , there came into my mental vision a fairly detailed and consecutive pattern of what the film would be like . |
| 15 | If I can take home a hundred and twenty quid well with my seventy pound a week pension two hundred quid . |
| 16 | Benjamin and I had been entertaining the group with a French madrigal , my deep bass a smooth foil to my master 's well-modulated tenor : a stupid little song about a maid who lost her wealth and her virtue in the great city . |
| 17 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 18 | Eventually I decided that what was needed was a little organisation — a systematic approach to make my busy life a little less fraught . |
| 19 | Well , it 's what you might call clerkin' work , writin' letters for business firms at 'ome , which do n't come too welcome to an active man like 'im , so 'e likes to get out as much as 'e can to give 'is gammy leg a walk . |
| 20 | There is no need for me to live and die in this little world , with my only view a view out of the same window , at the same spruce-trees , the view from my bed . |
| 21 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 22 | I could have gone to my own office in Whitehall , but I was due to see Sir Edmund Pusey in the evening , and I did n't want to risk running into him before I 'd managed to clear my own mind a bit . |
| 23 | The Chief-Corporal to whom I had given my sisters ' addresses at Canjuers was there , and he told me that he had sent my oldest sister a photograph of himself in a tank and one of his apartment in La Rochelle . |
| 24 | Useful though it may have been , I never tried that approach ; I did not have the heart , and I was sure that I always had to leave my intended customer a face-saving way out . |
| 25 | They gave my new acquaintance a somewhat belligerent aspect , you may be sure ! |
| 26 | I always thought my young master a fine gentleman … " |
| 27 | [ reading ] " I always thought my young master a fine gentleman as everybody says he is , but he gave these good things to us with such a graciousness that I thought he looked like an angel . " |
| 28 | ‘ After I 've examined your ankle for damage , put a crêpe bandage round it if necessary , and discussed my proposed project a little further , you may certainly phone for a cab if you wish , although I shall be happy to drive you back myself at that stage . ’ |
| 29 | If , in addition , they could hire for private patients the very expensive facilities in the way of X-ray machines , operating theatres and the like , to be found within the National Health Service , this too made their lives very much easier and in many cases made their private practice a possibility . |
| 30 | The EEC offered West Germany and its booming economy a huge outlet for its industrial goods , in the same way as it offered France some export benefits for its large agricultural sector . |