Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing irritates a daily newspaper picture editor more than an allegedly topical photograph sent to him by post . |
| 2 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
| 3 | One of them frisks a large steel ashtray and hands a roach to another . |
| 4 | It had begun to look as though the Western powers had embraced the premise that no-one kicks a cringing dog . |
| 5 | The top five men and women will win vouchers , the top 100 finishers a T-shirt and everyone receives a commemorative mug and certificate . |
| 6 | With the firm establishment of the Social Democratic and SR parties early in the new century , membership in one or other of them offers an alternative guide . |
| 7 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 8 | They get top coaching and everyone has a great time . ’ |
| 9 | But singers with this ability ( and who also have absolute pitch ) are not very common , and if we want to have our music sung by the majority of singers , it is best to write within the normal limits : Many singers can exceed these limits , but we must remember that , apart from the fact that most people these days have middle-range voices , everyone has a limited zone in which the voice is at its best . |
| 10 | ‘ The important thing is that everyone has a blinding time , ’ says Dermot with the quiet confidence of a promoter who never promises attractions he ca n't deliver . |
| 11 | When two families start living together for whatever reason , everyone has a new role to play and , until new house rules have been established , the children are bound to feel insecure , jealous and anxious . |
| 12 | Everyone has a private list , and those of other people quickly appear vain and sentimental . |
| 13 | The system was carefully designed for confidentiality , and everyone has a separate ID for the survey . |
| 14 | Everyone has a personal responsibility to carry out their duties in a manner which puts this corporate commitment into practice . |
| 15 | The purpose of this chapter , however , is not to suggest clever ways of reducing your liability — although in fact almost everyone has a certain amount of scope to do so without in any way cheating on the system . |
| 16 | 4 Everyone has a fair chance to speak . |
| 17 | Everyone has a different angle , but I do n't think anyone knew him properly . |
| 18 | Everyone has a different experience of pregnancy , and some are troubled by less pleasurable effects like backache , morning sickness , fainting , and high blood pressure , as well as other physical or emotional changes : |
| 19 | Everyone has a different view of friendship and what it means to them . |
| 20 | Everyone has a different pain threshold but how much of that is due to what is going on in the mind is hard to say . |
| 21 | ‘ Although I would say that it 's primarily in the interest of that segment of business itself , ’ said , general manager and deputy treasurer of the Bank of Scotland , ‘ everyone has a complementary role to play ’ . |
| 22 | Birds also make a wonderful focus of ambition — everyone has a special bird he or she would one day love to see . |
| 23 | Within SPRED groups , everyone has a special friend . |
| 24 | Everyone has a special friend |
| 25 | TOP RIGHT : Everyone has a special friend . |
| 26 | Does it conceal a kind of romantic fascism , where everyone has a proper state and none should aspire to alter or change this state ? |
| 27 | Not everyone has a natural knack for choosing colours and patterns . |
| 28 | I believe in my heart and soul that everyone has an equal responsibility to work together the peace and harmony of this world . |
| 29 | So long as everyone has an equal right to vote there must be a limit to the variations in prosperity in the community that are politically acceptable . |
| 30 | Everyone has an implicit knowledge of the grammar of his or her native language(s) . |