Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 2 | He proved himself to be thoroughly professional as a railwayman and ruthless as a manager . |
| 3 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 4 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 5 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 6 | A dwelling unit , nothing more , something that was right for a girl that was alone , right for a girl who lived without a man . |
| 7 | Whatever the pitfalls and problems ahead , Peter Osborne and Ralph Pickles remain confident about Quorn 's future , sure that this product is right for a market that cares about healthy eating . |
| 8 | Early versions of the theory were inconsistent with the observation that some matter is stable for a time that exceeds about 10 -8 seconds . |
| 9 | We 're all going on a summmer holiday no more working for a week or two . |
| 10 | ‘ Was n't it odd for a chef and steward to be in the engine-room ? ’ |
| 11 | Only a short time ago she had been as physically intimate with him as it was possible for a man and woman to be . |
| 12 | It 's worth gathering as many prizes as possible for a raffle or draw . |
| 13 | It is possible for a company or group to acquire further ACT capacity by purchasing a company that has it . |
| 14 | Quite simply , these are times when there is more healing to be done , more effort is required by the natural healing powers to maintain order or to put it slightly differently , it is no longer possible for a balance and harmony to be sustained without the production of symptoms of disease . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel disadvantaged as a cook because I received no formal training and did n't go to college . |
| 16 | So I was completely depressed for a week and then Cher 's album came out and I 'm on that ! |
| 17 | The cool expectation left Jenna speechless for a minute and then she glared up at him , her fair hair framing an angry face . |
| 18 | In relation to , for example , technological systems , design posits a means of overcoming control problems since it posits a means of knowing-practice which incorporates the technical as a moment and which can itself thus internally incorporate social requirements ( no other mode of knowledge practice can do this ) . |
| 19 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 20 | I fell asleep for a bit and this happened ! " |
| 21 | Maybe I did fall asleep for a moment or two when I shut my eyes hoping to enter my dream again . |
| 22 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |
| 23 | A few were prepared to take big salary cuts and throw away the security of their present employment — others were just grateful for a job or the chance to work on a national . |
| 24 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |
| 25 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 26 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 27 | I am now expected to lift her , helpless as a fool that she is , out of that great bed , daily , across the room , into a chair , and back again , and to run up and down when she catches a chill , when her back aches from being pressed against the chair . |
| 28 | Generally speaking , a 140 litre ( 5 cubic feet ) refrigerator and 140–170 litres ( 5–6 cubic feet ) of freezer space is ample for a couple and you should add another cubic foot per person in your household . |
| 29 | De Gaulle opted for Pleven 's solution , on the grounds that the medicine that Mendès-France prescribed was too strong for a nation that was still recovering from its wounds . |
| 30 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |