Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newcomer noticed it , declared , ‘ I like hot steam ; it gives me that real sauna feeling ’ , squeezed herself between two naked bodies and at once began to talk about yesterday 's television talk show featuring a famous biologist who had just published his memoirs . |
| 2 | As a guiding principle , it seemed to me that future business information systems must not only be able to cope with all the many individual sources of business information , but also , such systems should be able to rank those sources in importance using various appropriate criteria . |
| 3 | Gim me that old style rugby |
| 4 | We 've actually got to address the issue of the waste of the resources of the planet and it seems to me that this report addresses that fairly substantially . |
| 5 | He hit me that whole car park on the ground . |
| 6 | Their closely cropped hair and the drawn pale look of hunger in their faces gave them that terrifying animal uniformity which falls over all human beings in permanent physical distress . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , Tom would n't let us go , kept fillin' up them old cracked china mugs of his . |
| 8 | By July , more than 30,000 men and women were interned , among them some 1000 refugee children registered with the RCM . |
| 9 | take your bed there , money in abundance , even in this recession , well yeah the work 's there , no problem , he just got a big new contract for some oh not Federal , give me another big haulage contractor , oh I ca n't think , T N T |
| 10 | When the doctor opened a large book , he countered , ‘ I bet you 're going to show me some bloody ink blots . |
| 11 | Before , they had produced some good samples but this time they were able to show me some fine quality knitwear including knitted underwear . |
| 12 | Yeah he gave me some more maths sheets to do . |
| 13 | Tony 's sent me some more Commodore games to review too , so … let the slaughter begin ! |
| 14 | And get me some large surgery scissors . |
| 15 | I paddle quickly , aware too that the Ocean 's cold has gnawed its way uncomfortably through the thin GRP of the kayak and into my poorly protected flesh Tony waits for me , to point out a small brown luck that is lurking among some rocks to our right . |
| 16 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 17 | I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary . |
| 18 | Would my right honourable friend care to pay tribute to the work of the training and enterprise councils in helping women particularly who want to get back into work by providing child care facilities er and would he also like to comment on the threshold scheme in Northampton which he visited last week which is an example of partnership between the public sector , the private sector , the TECs er promoting this sort of work . |
| 19 | That would be most unfair and unfortunate , and I am sure would not be what my right hon. Friend wishes . |
| 20 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates-late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 21 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates , late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 22 | I have a form here , it will cost my right hon. Friend £5 or £10 to join , and I invite him to do so . |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend contrast the judicious , prudent and honourable way in which he and his right hon. Friends are negotiating in the European talks with the cynical sell-out proposed by the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) ? |
| 24 | Will my right hon. Friend look with his Cabinet colleagues at the fact that Kent is receiving considerable capital-infrastructure funds but virtually all of that money is going on projects linked to the channel tunnel , to the great detriment of Kent 's other needs ? |
| 25 | Will my right hon. Friend look again at some of the procedures for recording , note taking and keeping records , as some GPs say that the system is a little too cumbersome and bureaucratic ? |
| 26 | I wish my right hon. Friend luck in his negotiations over the common agricultural policy , but I do not believe that if it were modified , as a result of my right hon. Friend 's efforts , to suit all our needs , the British farming industry would be able to take sufficient advantage of the improved conditions if its own marketing arrangements had not also been improved . |
| 27 | In considering what possible action to take against Libya in future , will my right hon. Friend work extremely closely with his European Community opposite numbers ? |
| 28 | Will my right hon. Friend stress that , if this country is to develop further productive relations with Indonesia , a most important country , such outrageous behaviour must cease ? |
| 29 | How can my right hon. Friend help to allow my younger constituents personal access to such people , so that they can talk over with them the art forms that they are seeking to promote ? |
| 30 | Can my right hon. Friend comment on the recent improvements unveiled in the Guy 's hospital patients charter , with 3 , 500 more patients treated in the first six months , with better staff conditions and with lower waiting lists ? |