Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both ranges might have been independent structures , though excavations between them suggest a more complex L-shaped building with a courtyard to the rear and a timber colonnade along the frontage . |
| 2 | Bob , is a local person , in fact he lives in the village of Girton here , and to , to , to my knowledge takes a keen interest in local news and in local local affairs , since he 's been editor of the Evening News I , I , I perceive a more lively style creeping into the paper . |
| 3 | I sell a very popular Canadian mustard called Honeycup , which is actually sweetened with sugar and is delicious with any cold meats , but especially with smoked turkey . |
| 4 | … I mean a completely different development arising from computer logic but as unimaginable to us now as a Shakespearean character would have been to an oral-epic culture , and a different way of thinking about and rendering … all worldly phenomena , as revolutionary as the scientific spirit that slowly emerged out of the Renaissance and the Gutenberg galaxy . |
| 5 | No certainly not it 's not I mean a little old lady yes the lace has something to do with Nottingham Nottingham 's heritage we all know that . |
| 6 | ‘ You wait till I tear a very ugly strip off the old girl . |
| 7 | I make a very nice nettle tea , you know . |
| 8 | I make a much different statement in all my work — you can never compare us . |
| 9 | I make a more general criticism . |
| 10 | I say a reasonably just society , rather than a reasonably just law , for consent to obey the law expresses an attitude not to the law but to the society whose law it is . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : Pamela , I want a little serious talk with you . |
| 12 | ‘ They say she is a very good housekeeper and I want a very good housekeeper because my house will be perfect . |
| 13 | I deserve a damn good seeing-to . ’ |
| 14 | I welcome a more requent update on Matrix Staff list to keep abreast of all the changes . |
| 15 | Then I figured I 'd better try the same approach on guitar , so I put a really high nut on this old Gibson Melody Maker and I started using bottleneck on it . |
| 16 | Erm the er most important item I think Chairman is the work programme for the future year which commences at erm about twelve and forms the second half of the report and I would be very happy to deal with any questions and it is very clearly in the light of things that we 've already said , the first part of er that latter half of the report er which er emphasises the erm principal activities er to the department er that of strategic policy in paragraphs thirteen one , thirteen two and thirteen three are therefore perhaps the areas to which I would er draw you attention er most , but the report as whole is er I hope a reasonably succinct summary of what has gone on or what is proposed to be done and er in order to avoid simply what is already in the report , I , I would leave it at that point and say I 'm happy to deal with any questions . |
| 17 | Well , erm , I I give a very small example of that , er , we 're very privileged er , in having four distinguished leaders of the voluntary sector , who meet with us every four months , and they , er , we only meet for two two and a half hours , and we talk through what we think we 're trying to do , as a company . |
| 18 | It is likely to be , even , that two mental events are not of the same type on two occasions when I give a more explicit description of my experience , perhaps that I was thinking that my daughter is a quick thinker . |
| 19 | I shall be getting the full papers from the Coroner 's office eventually , and I run a rather cursory eye over the brief details here . |
| 20 | When I 'm not making programmes or writing articles about food , I run a very busy pub from early in the morning to the wee small hours — and the last thing I want to do then is cook a meal . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I read a very good piece by Candida Crewe , in which she said that she felt her life had been made richer by having had step-parents . |
| 22 | I predict a REALLY HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY IN 1994 … beating scum to go top of Premier league … oh dear , I 'm starting to feel dizzy already ( must be the lack of air this high up the league table : - ) |
| 23 | I have corrected the final marking to what I consider a more just assessment and have spoken to the senior biologist about the personnel management in his department . |
| 24 | First I add a little powdered flake with the brine shrimps , then substitute powder for alternate feeds , finally discontinuing the brine shrimps when even the smallest fry are taking flake readily . |
| 25 | Erm colleagues who attended the Blackpool Conference last year will recall that there was , that we had a visit from a young boy called who was the son of one of our officers and that er was suffering from I think I recall a very severe form of leukaemia . |
| 26 | As a small boy I recall a very old gamekeeper ( at least , he seemed old to me at the time ) talking of gypsies having tame stoats in captivity . |
| 27 | I owe nothing to Mr. Ingard or Mr. Lennis — I owe a very great deal to Mr. Andrew , and his father . |
| 28 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 29 | I 've got to be in London tonight , and I know a very nice old gentleman there who 'll let you live in his place and not even ask you for money ! ’ |
| 30 | I know a very distinguished gentleman at Windsor who 's reaching a certain age where he wants to put the Aston Martin in his will in case there may be a family war over its inheritance . |