Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lady , ’ Alexei said , ‘ is my presence such a trial to you ? ’ |
| 2 | To my mind such a variation on a year by year basis by reference to an extraneous factor would be a most anomalous result , and would involve great difficulties in quantifying the cost to the employer in each case . |
| 3 | bubble , there 's only one thing wrong with it , I said to my lad many a time I said the trouble is with the world today everybody wants too much money for doing what they have to do , that 's why things are dear |
| 4 | I have never heard in my life such a noise . |
| 5 | Slightly inset from the circle of houses was the " death-house " itself where the king 's body , with the queen and her two attendants would " be brought to observe the rites from their residence half a mile away . |
| 6 | BAe made apprentices completing their training redundant a couple of years ago but made every effort to find them alternative jobs . |
| 7 | BAe made apprentices completing their training redundant a couple of years ago , but made every effort to find them alternative jobs within the group or with other companies . |
| 8 | Of Sharp , taking his lead from Wilberforce , Prince Hoare wrote ‘ there are few who will not find him to have been one [ a hero ] and who would not exult in possessing among the members of their family such a relative ’ . |
| 9 | Remarkably , the first sighting of Dr Johnson 's ‘ Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel ’ was in The New Republic in March 1989 ; by which time such a bedrock of well-meaning patriotism had been wedged under the case that it proved difficult , if not impossible , to shift . |
| 10 | It concludes that during its lifetime such a car will produce : * 44.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide ; * 4.8 kg of sulphur dioxide ; * 46.8 kg of nitrogen oxide ; * 325 kg of carbon monoxide ; * 36 kg of hydrocarbons ; * 26.5 tonnes of waste . |
| 11 | Weeks later at his trial such a person not infrequently produces an explanation of , or a defence to , the charge the truthfulness of which the police have had no chance to check . |
| 12 | ‘ Aye , if you want to , lad , ’ Pat said , his calmness such a contrast to John 's excitement that Anne began to laugh . |
| 13 | I give his lever such a yank |
| 14 | His family own a bakery and have two shops on the south coast . |
| 15 | The teacher of ‘ The Way West ’ knows it is going to take perhaps several lessons before they really understand , from an adult point of view , what responsibility such a decision entails . |
| 16 | Druidism was , however , only a small portion of Posidonius ' picture of Celtic society , and we must ask ourselves what impression such a picture would make on his contemporaries . |
| 17 | ‘ Just one more question : did your father or your brother own a gun of any sort ? ’ |