Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Marjorie turned over in bed with a deep , sobbing sigh , and he felt vaguely and wearily sorry for whatever unhappiness she was feeling in her sleep . |
2 | ‘ With luck , it might be the most memorable in their history . ’ |
3 | More probable , however , is that Leapor 's female friendships followed the pattern most usual in her time , and that in Bridget Freemantle , Mary Leapor had simply found ’ … a partner in sensibility , a confidante in literature . ’ |
4 | While being of a fairly broadminded and humorous nature myself , I felt the piece to be a little controversial in its standpoint , and also a shade inaccurate . |
5 | ‘ I could have been a little hasty in my diagnosis , ’ Arty allowed with an embarrassed smile . |
6 | Following this example , and that of Cathy Donaldson , Elizabeth Anne Crawford also took ‘ time off ’ from work , and we were most grateful for her banking expertise . |
7 | I 'm most grateful for his help with the boat . ’ |
8 | We 're most grateful for your help , and apologize again for having to disturb you . |
9 | I am most grateful for your assistance , Mr. Speaker . |
10 | I was most grateful for your hospitality on board ship , and wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation . ’ |
11 | ‘ And I really am most grateful for your errand . ’ |
12 | The day of Artai 's enthronement was one which Alexei was to remember afterwards as one of the most confusing of his life . |
13 | He was rather sorry for his father . |
14 | It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health . |
15 | Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face . |
16 | A lot of people of qualifying age — Kingsley Amis for instance — are a little narrow in their Englishness . |
17 | ‘ It is notable that Native ministers are often the most emphatic in their opposition to Native amusements … |
18 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
19 | All in all the people this legislation will hit hardest are the people who are most disadvantaged , the most marginalised in our society . |
20 | Miss Fogerty was humbly grateful for her goodwill , but would never have dreamt of imposing upon it . |
21 | Although this particular occasion was rather marred by our mishap it was great to meet old friends again . |
22 | Acorn says that major shareholder Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is wholly supportive of its strategy and the plans developed to implement it . |
23 | If just these three are taken , Trollope 's view of women seems to be quite reasonable , though rather odd for his time , and encompasses all types — from the ordinary to the extraordinary — without really saying one is better than the other . |
24 | The fifteenth century windows at Fairford are the most complete of their time in the world . |
25 | Nevertheless the ministry was probably the best and most complete of its kind in Europe . |
26 | At the bottom of the hill he doglegs left and vaults the creek , his right arm held stiffly out to snap back the neck of any tackler , the ball tucked professionally low into his stomach , hard and muscular as a wash board . |
27 | I think that er the point was brought out very recently , I ca n't remember even by whom , of the fact that in the first paragraph it says the most needy in our society and further on it says for those in most financial need . |
28 | We have an acknowledged need to invest more capital to provide more housing for the most needy in our population . |
29 | Nomes are good climbers and remarkably strong for their size . |
30 | Patients were rather specific in their reporting of symptoms as they complained of heartburn or acid regurgitation only when the intraoesophageal pH was less than four . |