Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand a child who was brought up to be bilingual in French and English or who had a natural facility for ‘ picking up ’ languages could romp through his spoken French grades and have reached the top by the time he was 16 , while perhaps having achieved lower grades both in written French and in other more literary aspects of the subject . |
| 2 | You know there might ha , there might have been three hundred ya , three hundred yards of houses semis and detached and they had a bit of land , but all the back of that , that was theirs ! |
| 3 | Mother 's own experience as a child had taught her to be self-sufficient and she needed a lot of support and practice at learning how to meet Maria 's emotional and social needs . |
| 4 | At outcrop the sandstones are visibly porous and they provide a good aquifer in the Belfast region . |
| 5 | His voice was calm and he had a definite southern accent . |
| 6 | That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area . |
| 7 | I go down and get me paper and take it back up , we have a teasmade and we have a cup of tea and |
| 8 | He thought it was funny and who needs a Mary Poppins LP , a Beatles poster , a sequinned belt , anyway . |
| 9 | from a distance it looks more black than brown and it has a most interesting tail which , when closed , looks like one of the flippers scuba divers wear . |
| 10 | I was then sixty-four years old and I started a business again as John |
| 11 | ‘ She had been so brave and she had a right to know , to set her life in order just like anyone facing death . ’ |
| 12 | So if you go to your local pub at night for a er an evening social and you have a drink no doubt you 'll look round your public house and you 'll see all sorts of pieces of fire equipment . |
| 13 | As I turned over in bed everything was suddenly very wet and I felt a ripple of shock as I realised what had happened . |
| 14 | Certainly the style and type of projects in the schools are different and they offer a markedly different approach to user education in schools than was prevalent before the present period of research funding . |
| 15 | Compared to the brothel prostitutes , they are dowdy and unkempt and they have a lot more problems with the police . |
| 16 | The Lycoming 0–320 B3B engine is very reliable and it has a TBO of 2000 hours but only when half inch valves are fitted . |
| 17 | We are also developing a common funding formula for self- governing schools which is fair , both to the schools themselves and to the local education authorities which is transparent and which offers a reasonable prospect of stability of funding . |
| 18 | In the sentence context , Henry is n't Scottish but he wears a … , this function may not be important . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , your tastes may be more specialized but I like a bed to sleep in . |
| 20 | My hair was curly but I wanted a single , pure wave at the front like a bulldozer . |
| 21 | Carmella still looked doubtful but she managed a smile . |
| 22 | Unfortunately that empty but we had a little light entertainment when you first came here er especially the way you rode your bicycles er we , we sincerely hoped that you could fly your aeroplanes a little better than that . |
| 23 | The van was empty but he made a note of the number and it checks . |
| 24 | ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in breastfeeding and intend to feed Jake until he 's at least a year old but he has a bottle of formula milk when I 'm out in the evening and drinks from a spouted cup at mealtimes — usually pure juice because there 's no added sugar . ’ |
| 26 | His hair was thinning on top but he had a small ponytail at the back . |
| 27 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 28 | The results were favourable and there began a series of trials which ‘ convinced him that he had made some valuable discoveries ’ . |
| 29 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 30 | Yes sometimes things do get a little dangerous and we have a few bruises , sprains , the oidd breakage . |