Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 2 | One of these books that they . |
| 3 | She 's a big , long sheep , and if you put a ram on her of equal proportions all you 're doing is stretching the ewe 's progeny through their back . |
| 4 | Oh as I sa the part-time job we used to get , two shillings a week and he used to give us tuppence for ourselves the two shillings was for our parents , and the tuppence was supposed to be our pocket money , but er when we 'd finished on a Saturday night if , if there were any stale cakes we 'd all get a bag of stale cakes each you used to make a terrific fuss of those on a Sunday . |
| 5 | You mean that after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand ? ’ |
| 6 | Surely if all we want is prints off existing things all you need do is a request with a DOPACS number ? |
| 7 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 8 | Selkirk … . 16 Boroughmuir .. 9 EVEN with three replacements permissible it is not always possible to cover the loss of a key player , as Boroughmuir discovered when suffering their third defeat in four years at the hands of Selkirk , this time by a 16-9 margin . |
| 9 | In 2 Corinthians 10:12 he says , ‘ We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves . |
| 10 | By designating such materials as in varying degrees precious they have created symbols of excellence , a quality which stems from aesthetic awareness but the striving for which lies at the very root of the civilizations created by man . |
| 11 | Even allowing for my interest in all things Cambrian it is a well worthwhile volume which would interest even the least technically proficient enthusiast . |
| 12 | In I Corinthians 2 he can say almost in the same breath that it is the Spirit who shows believers the deep things of God , and that we have the mind of Christ . |
| 13 | I says I want to listen to it , you know , I said I 've heard it with C D going through it with about four sets of speakers , but I want to listen to it through eight sets of speakers with cassette , a cassette that I like to make sure , to my type , he says I guarantee you now you will like it , he says you will like he says , he says we do a ten day er return thing , he says you buy something , he says you bring it back within ten days undamaged we 'll give you money back if you do n't like the quality of the sound , for whatever reason we 'll give you your money back . |
| 14 | Agfa 's Rodinal falls into this category , although at 100 years old it is positively ancient and not modern , but it nevertheless has many qualities that other modern developers have only just caught up with . |
| 15 | I know it was a lie , but at six years old I felt that a close relative should be the one to tell him in a quiet way . |
| 16 | His first formal education was received in the reading school kept at Ottery by ‘ Old Dame Key ’ , a relative of Sir Joshua Reynolds , and at six years old he progressed to his father 's grammar school , where he quickly surpassed all his contemporaries . |
| 17 | After a series of goldfish bowls and acid jars at 10 years old I received my first proper aquarium a 30″ × 12″ × 12″ steel frame tank for my birthday . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt that Ben panicked in our race in Seville , ’ Carl said , ‘ and if someone is with him at sixty metres then I think he is vulnerable . ’ |
| 19 | At 11 years old it was magical to be making films — you were treated like a star , and I was very proud of myself . |
| 20 | At 36 tons each it was an interesting engineering project to slide the old boilers across the floor of the boilerhouse on special rollers before being craned onto a low loader . |
| 21 | At 3 years old he contracted Meningitis . |
| 22 | At fifteen years old I started my drama course and I could n't have been happier . |
| 23 | At five feet eight she was above the average height for a woman . |
| 24 | At twenty-two years old she was already a Fascist speaker and organiser at Manchester , though she had a full-time job as a secretary with Morton Sundour Fabrics . |
| 25 | At seven years old I determined to be a great footballer . |
| 26 | At 20 years old he is a Grand Slam winner and he achieved it against Agassi in a slugging final that in the end had the 17.000 crowd at Roland Garros on their feet . |