Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] your [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far more interesting than your average conversation that involves people or a good old fashioned joke I do n't think . |
| 2 | Let me show you that all men are n't as cruel and immature as your retarded merchant banker . |
| 3 | I would be grateful if your last issues are full of Private Eye and Ian Hislop bashing — the smug munchkin . |
| 4 | These give only amendments and repeals since 1947 ( the year when Current Law began ) , which is satisfactory if your main statute was passed after 1947 , but otherwise not . |
| 5 | Johnson told Mrs Thrale , ‘ We went up into a dining-room about as large as your blue room , where we had something given us to eat , and tea and coffee . ’ |
| 6 | Yellow as fine as your fish-swallowing throat , the honey-lit heart of topaz , the zest of lemon , the sting of saffron . |
| 7 | ( And do you know , they are right , it is as comfortable as your own skin ! ) |
| 8 | It is certainly more powerful than your original unit . |
| 9 | It was just a vicious slander , based on nothing more substantial than your obsessive dislike of me ! ’ |
| 10 | The Director encouraged individuals to respond to the Scottish Office — to ensure these efforts are guided , it would be useful if your Divisional response on strategic planning was circulated within our Division as a standard framework . |
| 11 | If you develop symptoms such as ABNORMAL OR UNUSUAL DISCHARGE OR IRREGULAR BLEEDING before your next smear is due , please consult your doctor . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not as selfish as your fine Dickon ! |
| 13 | And even if you were , for instance , a good violinist you would never be as good as your best players . |
| 14 | Crossing over to the sink he bent down , lifted up two floorboards and produced a small wooden barrel , exclaiming , ‘ Now , Piper , you must try this , it 's almost as good as your best Highland whisky . ’ |
| 15 | Make your weekly report as good as your annual report . |
| 16 | You 're only as good as your last race , and this was a real one ! |
| 17 | ‘ Here you 're only as good as your last game , and really that 's the way it should be . ’ |
| 18 | Disgusted Seagull Our best managers also happen to go by the rule that you 're only as good as your last game . |
| 19 | But because in Hollywood you 're only as good as your last movie , things started to go sour for Dreyfuss after starring in The Big Fix , a big flop . |
| 20 | you know , but I mean at the moment I keep , he 's coming home some nights and , you know it like , he 'll come home and say I had a really good morning the kids were great , but as for the afternoon , and like he said when you 're teaching you 're only as good as your last lesson , you know |
| 21 | Frankly , that old adage about only being as good as your last picture was totally the attitude , I 'm afraid . |
| 22 | In the final analysis you 're really only as good as your next day 's work . |
| 23 | As long as your revolutionary chums do their bit , I ca n't see anything standing in our way . ’ |
| 24 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |
| 25 | Yeah so , so perhaps the things that , the things that erm seem to us more important than your bodily configuration , whether I have blue eyes or brown eyes , something that 's more important seems to be the sorts of desires I have . |
| 26 | If your appetite has been whetted and all this sounds more dynamic than your present position , you might just be wondering where is the catch ? |
| 27 | After all , how can you make another person happy if your prime concern is your rating from one to ten ? |
| 28 | As for the rhythm pickup , a Seymour SSL2 Vintage with flat polepieces , it 's superb — much more full , balanced and usable than your average Tele neck pickup . |
| 29 | ‘ If that 's as successful as your other crimes , I think I 'm fairly safe . ’ |
| 30 | Not least BARRY MOONCULT who went so ape-dropping crazy , he was spotted stumbling out of the party while it was in full swing armed with a stash of joke bombs , which despite being pretty harmless ( containing about as much genuine explosive as your average cap pistol ) make a loud enough bang to put the fear of God into the most ardent of atheists . |