Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women in the community need to find out what is possible for us as a prerequisite to identifying what is not available and what we would like to see . |
| 2 | It is , obviously , not possible for us in a textbook to permit you to have the experience of everyday discourse in what Stenning ( 1978 ) calls a ‘ normal context ’ , where the hearer is part of the context and then experiences the text . |
| 3 | And how dared he try to bolster up his male ego at her expense when he had made it so plain he did n't care a damn for her as a person ? |
| 4 | For that reason , it is worth thinking about what is interesting about you from a journalist 's point of view before trying to woo him or her with your beautiful noise . |
| 5 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 6 | ‘ Such conduct was clearly not acceptable for someone in a position of authority in a public company . ’ |
| 7 | Rank on rank they stretched to the horizon , their reflections shimmering towards us on a blue mirror . |
| 8 | It is partly the very fact that Faith saved and disposed of it without a word to us , but more , it is the jewellery , what little there was . |
| 9 | She was n't fond of it as a rule , but tonight it tasted hot and reassuring . |
| 10 | I had become fond of Longfellow 's Saga of King Olaf : fond of it in a casual , shallow way for its story and its vigorous rhythms . |
| 11 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 12 | For — while Sir Felix had nothing much wrong with him except a wild look in his eye sometimes and a tendency to go off in fits of what Gemma had called " unstable " laughter — she had heard certain tales of moral laxity about his brothers and uncles and even one or two of his sisters , which had done nothing for her peace of mind . |
| 13 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 14 | Today , however , when she glanced up and saw two men high above her on a jig smiling and nudging each other , she simply fled back to the sanctuary of her office . |
| 15 | Removing an upstairs wc is different from one on a solid ground floor . |
| 16 | But just at that moment , standing tall and bronzed in nothing but a pair of ragged denim shorts , his black hair tumbling damply across his forehead , Nathan Bryce did not fit the expected image of a millionaire yacht designer . |
| 17 | Prince William , Prince Harry , they 're only interested in her as a breeding machine . |
| 18 | Never , by look or gesture or word , had he given her the slightest justification for thinking that he might be interested in her as a person . |
| 19 | Yes , she 'd been worried about Nicolo 's intentions , but he 'd gone out of his way to tell her — to show her — that he was n't the least bit interested in her as a woman . |
| 20 | He told me about Midge when he got back to London and I called him from the shop one Saturday , telling him we 'd be interested in him as a singer . |
| 21 | Finding out about your client provides opportunities for talking to him in a relaxed and warm manner and for showing that you are interested in him as a person . |
| 22 | I had foolishly allowed myself to imagine that you might be interested in me as a person , even to the extent of being a little jealous of Lieutenant Lapointe . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you were interested in me as a person , interested in what I felt and believed . |
| 24 | Mortimer seemed to be so supportive , he seemed really interested in me as a friend , he believed in my design abilities … but then it all changed , it was like a nightmare . |
| 25 | ‘ Interested ? ’ she queried huskily , and , trying desperately to get to grips with herself — he could n't mean ‘ interested ’ interested , could be ? — ‘ You mean , interested in me as a journalist ? ’ she just had to find out more . |
| 26 | Not that any man would be interested in me with a handicap like Mum . |
| 27 | The School is particularly interested in someone with a quantitative or computer orientation , though applications from those with alternative specialisms are equally welcome . |
| 28 | And I am very interested in you as a person . ’ |
| 29 | Personally , I 'm mostly interested in it as a mineral specimen . |
| 30 | Primitive art may have confirmed them in their desire to achieve a greater directness of expression , but they remained interested in it from a visual point of view . |