Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 2 | In 1986 the Eurotunnel prospectus was published and some of £206m of private money raised in what is generally termed Equity II , Equity I consisting of an earlier placement of £57m by the founder shareholders of Eurotunnel . |
| 3 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 4 | I argued in an earlier section of this Chapter that questions of value have always had an uncertain place in institutional literary study , and Catherine Belsey explicitly seeks to banish them . |
| 5 | People living alone are particularly at risk if they smoke because , as I mentioned in an earlier chapter , it is a considerable fire hazard in the home . |
| 6 | I recall in an earlier LRO article that a 3 litre version of this engine was made and is a good conversion . |
| 7 | ‘ At length I yielded … in obedience I believe to a higher Power . |
| 8 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 9 | I decided on a further session in the gym before making my grand entry to the spa complex . |
| 10 | She said : " I felt at an earlier stage there were enough moderate Africans who could have taken their place alongside whites in government and there would have been much more evolution towards African leadership than the revolution that came about in the end . |
| 11 | I 've lived on Skomer for six years now and before that I looked after a smaller seabird reserve on St Margaret 's Island . |
| 12 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
| 13 | Do you keep it or should I go to a larger store ? ’ |
| 14 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
| 15 | About this time , I went on a Bywater Auditor Training Course . |
| 16 | Er er I think on a bigger job i it it 's perhaps a different story . |
| 17 | What I 've just been saying about the importance of time and movement in Proust 's novel give rise I think to a further question . |
| 18 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 19 | Hearing that Jesus became amazed and said to those following him , I tell you the truth but no one in Israel have I faced to a greater face so that 's quite some statement that Jesus has made |
| 20 | I ran into a earlier on and it 's just opened again . |
| 21 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |
| 22 | Only on a bigger scale , they had them made on a bigger scale you see . |
| 23 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 24 | All these strategies have the potential to involve all pupils in mathematical challenge , enabling them to engage in a broader curriculum . |
| 25 | ‘ Can you think of a better ? ’ |
| 26 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
| 27 | ‘ Well , can you think of a better opportunity for them to find out what 's best for the both of ‘ em ? ’ |
| 28 | Could you fall for a younger man ? |
| 29 | She tried for a brighter smile . |
| 30 | But if you want real change , if you long for a better future for yourself , your family , your community and your country , then read on . |