Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are fairy rings of eight-inch-diameter horse-mushrooms and of shaggy parasols ( no good for eating raw , but I pick a bagful for later . ) |
| 2 | I seen a rosy on your cheek , I see them fade away . |
| 3 | ‘ I want a patch-through on a secure line to Vice-President Odell , ’ he said , ‘ and I want it now . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , I want a whole with that whole |
| 5 | so I put a false in that one . |
| 6 | DURING my first year of A levels I noticed a swelling in one of my testes . |
| 7 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 8 | Yeah but that 's only because I er I owe a grand in poll tax you see . |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'm not mistaken , I pulled a pissed up matelot off that blonde piece on V.E. night . |
| 10 | I feel a stirring in my loins . |
| 11 | ’ If I had a decacred for every time someone has said that … |
| 12 | Oh I do n't know I had a subjugated about that . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a mic on my Vox AC30 and a direct which goes out into a Hi-Watt head , and that goes into a speaker simulator , which goes to the desk out front . ’ |
| 14 | The general standard of living is so much better , I have a f—ed-up up family — who does n't have a f—ed-up family ? — I 'm screwed-up and should be in some psychiatrist 's office , but in general there was n't that much for me to worry about , and I think that 's a lot less common in England . |
| 15 | I have a particular over the management letter , and I 'm sure Mr will be aware that in fact I refer of course to the facilities management contract . |
| 16 | Similarly , models of normal reading aloud which distinguish a lexical from a non-lexical procedure for reading aloud provide straightforward interpretations of two contrasting patterns of acquired dyslexia ( surface dyslexia and phonological dyslexia ) , and models of normal spelling which distinguish lexical from non-lexical procedures for spelling allow us to interpret two contrasting patterns of acquired dysgraphia ( surface dysgraphia and phonological dysgraphia ) . |
| 17 | There is a considerable number of textbooks which provide a run-through of positivist research findings and theories and it is not the intention to attempt yet another one here . |
| 18 | Firstly , the antecedent factor may be a direct cause of childhood psychiatric disturbance which has a continuous of intermittent course into adulthood . |
| 19 | Porosity in the substrate , even in a layer not more than microns thick , may allow absorption of soil which forms a key for further deposition . |
| 20 | Her left elbow was still stiff since her injury in the air raid and she failed a medical for heavier work . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 22 | Vera asks me : ‘ Why did you stay a Communist for so long , even after your friend was executed in 1950 ? '' ’ The friend in question had been a schoolmate and they had worked together in the resistance . |
| 23 | ‘ Ellen , will you keep a secret for me ? ’ she asked in the end , giving me her sweetest smile . |
| 24 | She takes a skirt-full of windfall lemons . |
| 25 | Well it so happens that I did intend you to do a paramount of talking this afternoon , so it 's quite convenient in a way that we are being recorded . |
| 26 | well he likes marshal art do n't he ? we wo n't tell daddy that you knocked a full on the table of black currant all over the carpet will we ? |
| 27 | Did you have a good at school ? |
| 28 | If you use a lost of white in your underpainting you would therefore be well advised to use a white which is bound in linseed oil . |
| 29 | If you use a lost of white in your underpainting you would therefore be well advised to use a white which is bound in linseed oil . |
| 30 | He called all others who felt a stirring to be involved in subsequent sending out of church planting teams to come forward . |