Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 2 | I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ? |
| 3 | Shall I take quite a few egg sandwiches alright ? |
| 4 | Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’ |
| 5 | She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ? |
| 6 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 7 | So I said , should I fill in a quick-fix report or a noncompliance report , to say that the quick-fix form , or is it a noncompliance report is wrong . |
| 8 | So should I put together a truncated anthology and add not an extra word ? |
| 9 | Er , delegates , I think sometimes conferences are held in a bit of a vacuum , you know , here you are in , in the hall , in the Guildhall er outside in the City of Portsmouth so can I say just a few words about Portsmouth . |
| 10 | Can I say also a particular thank you to the unsung heroes sitting in the corner here . |
| 11 | I am so glad ; it sounds pretty good to me , and makes me feel just a poor bloody soldier . ’ |
| 12 | Let me give just a few facts and figures . |
| 13 | He did so much for me , Ellie , wo n't you let me do just a small bit for you ? |
| 14 | On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking . |
| 15 | How do you know like an eighteen year old is someone responsible |
| 16 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |
| 17 | One particularly useful feature is Autocloning which lets you bring in a scanned or painted image — such as an ordinary snapshot — and edit it in a particular painting style . |
| 18 | But well it 's one way to do it you can use a calculator or you could say what would , could you work out a tenth of three sixty ? |
| 19 | This is sometimes regarded as old fashioned thinking , unfortunately , and it 's a shame , for although clothes do n't actually make you perform better a good comfortable appearance does give the panel a chance to see how you see yourself and how your body uses clothes . |
| 20 | And did you wonder how an Elizabethan audience would take all of that ? |
| 21 | And apart from that time during er elections etcetera how much involvement would you have just a normal we week , where there 's no elections on or anything ? |
| 22 | If you do n't you have quite a good chance of getting malaria if you 've been bitten . |
| 23 | So do you have quite a few famous connections round here ? |
| 24 | It helps you take up a positive attitude if you are aware that others have recognized that age discrimination exists and is unfair . |
| 25 | Do you take out a new loan before the old one is paid off ? |
| 26 | Do you take out a new loan to pay off the old one ? |
| 27 | Why then did you put over a hundred thousand pounds in that budget in the first place ? |
| 28 | This will help you put forward a clear argument against him . |
| 29 | But did n't you come up a few days before us ? |
| 30 | Did you manage by pick did you pick up a few words yourself ? |