Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but Julia said to me before she came round with Hayden she said er , cos her mum and dad are still there , not her mum and dad , her mum and step dad are still there , they 're only giving them forty pounds for nine weeks , forty pounds towards the mortgage like you know , been there since after Christmas and erm , anyway she said ooh she said , Steve said er , that 's her husband , said to me ooh is n't Emily well mannered she said , she does n't walk in the house , she waits in the doorstep you know |
| 2 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 3 | Why I thank my lucky stars for this woman |
| 4 | ‘ Well this is one of my better suits for one thing . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't dare leave my poor sods for more than split seconds . ’ |
| 6 | That really knocked all my cockeyed theories for six , and me with them ! ’ |
| 7 | Rugby nightmares replaced nightmares about witches , which had been the basis of my bad dreams for several years . |
| 8 | ‘ He gave me six points for this country so clearly that I saw them as if on a black-board and could simply copy them down . ’ |
| 9 | Delivering the annual Granada Lecture , Sir Leon outlined a programme for achieving a prosperous and non-bureaucratic European Community , but its main thrust amounted to a rebuttal of her highly-personalised terms for further progress towards economic and monetary union . |
| 10 | In his History of Chelsea ( 1869 ) George Bryan remarked how the King 's Road was once almost exclusively occupied by farmers and gardeners and one of its greatest attractions for many years afterwards was the preponderance of nursery and floricultural grounds to be found there . |
| 11 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |
| 12 | Applying the principle that change in progress is manifested in variation , let us consider its possible implications for spoken variation in ME . |
| 13 | One of the most disgraceful international aspects of what is going on in Bosnia is that Western leaders , including our own , seem to be accepting the escalating Serbian brutality , and its consequences of carnage , rape , starvation and terror as if it were inevitable and beyond their combined capacities for effective reaction or remedy . |
| 14 | At that moment , however , the housekeeper entered the dining-room , and conversation ceased for the moment while Mrs Novakova exchanged their used dishes for fresh ones . |
| 15 | Once fledged , young cuckoos stay around the nest site demanding more food from their foster parents for several days . |
| 16 | ‘ Sun-3 and Sun-386i users will be able to keep their old systems for 90 days to allow for porting of software and data . |
| 17 | Some of the distinctions being made will be discussed further below , but the way in which different figures for local authority expenditure may be obtained should already be clear . |
| 18 | The four firms were also penalized by being forced to curtail their commercial activities for four days , held liable for tax due on the compensation payments , and fined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange . |
| 19 | This inhibits her sexual cycles for varying periods of time depending on the species it 's about two years . |
| 20 | After eluding their English pursuers for some days they encamped in Stanhope Park in Weardale on 20 July . |
| 21 | Most authorities now run day centres where old people can obtain care and recreation , and most use their residential homes for temporary admissions where necessary . |
| 22 | There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process . |
| 23 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 24 | People vary tremendously in their individual requirements for dietary energy ( kcalories/kJoules ) . |
| 25 | The United Kingdom and United States can be expected to employ their ordinary procedures for issuing subpoenas or other measures . |
| 26 | Many leave their personal weapons for safe keeping in the armoury , as happened in the Susan Allen case . |
| 27 | Plantations also provide valuable habitat in their early stages for many Tree Pipits , Nightjars , and warblers , which the Woodland Survey ( q.v. ) suggests are not numerous in many Sussex woodlands . |
| 28 | TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands . |
| 29 | Europa Nostra , the non-governmental conservation organisation , has announced its annual prizes for 1992 , made in association with the International Castles Institute . |
| 30 | The lakes were at their lowest levels for 20 years , and Chew was lower than I can ever remember . |