Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that instant control called to announce that there was an Air Raid warning and put out all the lights , followed immediately by bombs exploding on the airfield , I knew the airfield well and I stuck to my heading and switched on my landing light just to " feel " the ground , landed and rolled along until I felt a sharp jerk and a bash or two then a complete halt . |
| 2 | ‘ And , if you 're honest with yourself , you 'll remember that earlier today a little peace and quiet was high on your agenda . ’ |
| 3 | Almost like the burglar alarm you just have scheme , head co-ordinators , you know deputy co-ordinator , number of 'ouses and that just a basic so you go in |
| 4 | Society responds with oppression , which it justifies by again invoking myths , scriptures ( quoted or misquoted ) and proverbs , some ancient and some only a few years old , thrown up by the needs of everyday life . |
| 5 | Between 1838 and 1859 over a dozen important books were published on the subject as well as a host of articles . |
| 6 | And the hens was cooked and all just a royal feed . |
| 7 | I never forgot his face , and sure enough a few nights later his aircraft was one of those that failed to return . |
| 8 | Until the franchise process is complete for both Channel 3 and 5 even a preliminary sketch is difficult . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if it was quite clear and unambiguous then a written form was preferred Okay , now a study by Daft et al , Daft as in y'know one marble short of a whatever yeah or okay er Daft et al nineteen eighty-seven had a look at managers ' use of er of these two different media and found that in general most managers were media sensitive . |
| 10 | There were also some comments about homosexual authors and a few feeble attempts to refute allegations about Labour authorities — not that Labour authorities had not promoted homosexuality , but that only a few had and they had not spent millions of pounds doing it . |
| 11 | There were as usual only a few lone silent figures , sitting in isolation . |