Example sentences of "[adj] in a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concerns over the proper role of local government in providing services to communities featured high in a Lord 's debate last week . |
| 2 | Later , when she watched the scene during the shooting , she 'd find more girls in the pile of smashed-up cars : one putting on lipstick high in a lorry 's cab , another lying on the bonnet like a mascot , face to the car 's prow , giving a feline look as she too read aloud , from a French philosopher who later in a fit of madness pushed his wife under in the bath , and held her there till there were no more bubbles . |
| 3 | A woman 's dress sense is much less important to more educated men than to those with basic education , while married men are less interested in a woman 's mouth than any other group . |
| 4 | URGENT — NDO would like to hear from any teacher interested in a men 's class in London SW1 ( evening ) or a handicapped children 's class at Dartford . |
| 5 | Porto Heli , 2 in a bungalow +£20 |
| 6 | She came second in a women 's international free-for-all at the 1933 Chicago races , at 189mph , but while leading in the Phillips Trophy race at the same meeting lost fabric off a wing and was killed in the subsequent crash . |
| 7 | Try to see Rasbora kalochroma well-established in a dealer 's tanks before considering a purchase . |
| 8 | The mode of student attendance is more difficult to forecast , because while a full-time place for study will feature topmost in a candidate 's range of choices , the prospect of getting a job early may provide a stimulus for part-time study . |
| 9 | But er , it was just the thing , they thought inevitable in a tailor 's workroom . |
| 10 | All in a day 's work : since Aesculapius , doctors have enjoyed complaining . |
| 11 | For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs . |
| 12 | You deal with difficult foreign authorities , desperate stranded tourists , all manner of accident and disaster , reams of paper work , issue passports , invade foreign gaols with help and succour for Brits behind bars , all in a day 's work . |
| 13 | ‘ All in a day 's work , Bessie me love , ’ he said . |
| 14 | But it 's all in a day 's work for the manmountain … well , in a day 's lounging around , actually . |
| 15 | All in a day 's work for the hundreds of people involved in the various stages — but there is perhaps only one who will have witnessed everything that has happened . |
| 16 | All in a day 's work |
| 17 | I expect it 's all in a day 's work to an adventurous lot like you . " |
| 18 | ‘ All in a day 's work . ’ |
| 19 | You sound as if it 's all in a day 's work . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , all in a day 's work , but I must add that after that little fiasco I decided to join a more conventional hotel group and enjoyed the civilized calm of the Savoy for a while . |
| 21 | Tod also played it cool : all in a day 's work . |
| 22 | All in a day 's hell . |
| 23 | This was partly because he was not exceptionally bright while being at the same time exceptionally unimaginative , but it was also because odd carvings and perilous tunnels were all in a day 's work . |
| 24 | Ah well , all in a day 's work I suppose . ’ |
| 25 | Organising training , administration , health and safety and quality is all in a day 's work for the division 's Training and Administration Manager Frank Hesketh . |
| 26 | All in a day 's work . |
| 27 | This is all in a day 's work at the Fire Service Training College at Moreton-in-Marsh . |
| 28 | Loyalty , belief — it is all in a man 's own mind . |
| 29 | Which is a total waste of time cos they 'll rewrite it all in a year 's time . |
| 30 | So if you 've got an account in a husband 's name and it would be better in a wife 's name , close the account . |