Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they want it open a little bit earlier because erm you know , in case anybody comes . |
| 2 | Seeing her smooth a dead mallard reminds me : |
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| 4 | William Pitt had said something similar a hundred years before , ‘ Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it ’ , but before that the idea does not seem to have been attractive . |
| 5 | He accepted the direction of a United States public-relations expert to help him present a favourable impression of the revolution , and was described by a Department of State official as ‘ a man on his best behaviour ’ throughout the visit ( Memo for the president from Christian A. Herter , 23 April 1959 , US Declassified , 1976 , 58F ) . |
| 6 | The blow to the back of his head might lay him senseless a short while , but certainly had not broken his skull , and could not have killed him . |
| 7 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 8 | I mean if you 're going to sort of er er dr vary your driving a little bit to put in the techniques that you think should be put over , that 's good . |
| 9 | ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes . |
| 10 | Many ailments , especially viral ones such as Fish Pox , can make themselves apparent a long time after purchase : in other words , unless you go the whole hog , like the very top Koi-keepers , quarantine is no guarantee that all will be well . |
| 11 | She closed the door ; she was going to close it completely , but she changed her mind and left it open a few inches . |
| 12 | As Magee tugged it free a large lump of bone came away on the end of the knife . |
| 13 | If Fouga-flying 's exhilaration makes you forgetful a low fuel Bingo light warns of twelve minutes remaining . |
| 14 | As he pushed it open a powerful gust of wind swept in from outside . |