Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports . |
| 2 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 3 | In this instance I have a better chance of getting the ball close by using the slope to let the ball run down to the flag . |
| 4 | While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down . |
| 5 | Indeed when the time came to leave Germany I made a mental decision never to return . |
| 6 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 7 | I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them . |
| 8 | In fact , the hours are so long at clubs I suspect an ordinary shop-keeping junior would soon quit and go back to Sainsbury 's . |
| 9 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 10 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 11 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 12 | Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface . |
| 13 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 14 | inside it and then for you and mum I bought a little something , it was one pound forty . |
| 15 | On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron . |
| 16 | ‘ In my lunch hour I run a three and a half mile circuit of the village where I work . |
| 17 | Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull . |
| 18 | And of course I get a big boost when something like this happens , because words make plain sense , even though Tod always reads them backwards . |
| 19 | I 'm not erm , I 'm not going to be in a situation to record all my chat anyway , I do n't think , because of the erm , the amount of it , when I 'm running a course I do an awful lot of chatting during the day . |
| 20 | Anybody wants some copies I have a few copies here . |
| 21 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 22 | After hours , we went to a bar in Knightsbridge , where one afternoon I met a fifty-five-year-old Italian woman who was wearing white leather flared trousers . |
| 23 | For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration . |
| 24 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 25 | ‘ At present I use a cheap old Yamaha TXAIZ for horn sections and baritone saxes . |
| 26 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 27 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 28 | An opportunity I believe an ambitious person like yourself will find too good to resist . ’ |
| 29 | Each time I have a pint in the pub at Rhydd Ddu I recall a snowy Easter night spent waiting for mates who had set off earlier to tackle the Snowdon Horseshoe . |
| 30 | ‘ One , when I was having dinner with you and Ed in Helsinki at his apartment I sensed a certain intimacy between the two of you . |