Example sentences of "[verb] there [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 2 | Furthermore , if the demand for full-time places increases , will there remain a sufficient number of part-time students to sustain the continuance of the courses ? |
| 3 | It is traffic-free ( motorised baggage trolleys ) which means that getting there involves a delightful half-hour train journey . |
| 4 | The majority of women employed there work a 15-hour week and consequently do n't pay a National Insurance stamp and lose maternity rights and pay . |
| 5 | It 's a kind of health farm and you go there to sample a simple lifestyle which Mongolians have been enduring for about 3,000 years and you are going to put up with for twenty-four hours . |
| 6 | I suppose that many people went there to support a particular person . |
| 7 | Most agreed there existed a certain vacuum . |
| 8 | And one day when she was working in her little garden slithering between the vine yams there came a green snake . |
| 9 | But I , does but when you say that now though , cos I , he slagged Kirsty off to me , he just said oh she 's just really pretentious and she 'll , she 'll talk to you and then as soon as someone cooler comes in the room she 'll turn round and she 'll completely ignore you and you 're left and she 'll do that like at a dinner party or something and you 're left standing there feeling a real id you know , you know that feeling do n't you when you 're talking to someone and suddenly they desert you and you 're all on your own in a room ? |
| 10 | Just as he spoke there came a strange cry from across the moor . |
| 11 | Black immigration , recession , and the enormous purses which television can provide have meant there remain a ready supply of men willing to risk brain damage in the ring . |
| 12 | Despite the enormous amount of information we have already accumulated there remains a great deal to be learned and this is one of the special pleasures of animal-watching . |
| 13 | They sat there smiling a secretive smile . |
| 14 | According to Moscow radio reports there followed a renewed rampage by rioters through the city resulting in extensive damage . |