Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver Reed tell me that to knit a single motif you must be sure the yarn mast is positioned correctly . |
| 2 | She had summoned these people up , these ghosts would materialize , even now they were converging upon her in their finery at her bidding , each of them willing to surrender a separate self for an evening , to eat , to drink , to talk , to exchange embraces , to wait for the witching hour . |
| 3 | am I willing to implement a formal communication policy ? |
| 4 | ‘ When I first read a small paragraph about him being arrested I remember my eyes popping out on stalks like a cartoon character . ’ |
| 5 | I first became a serious Muhammad Ali watcher in December 1963 . |
| 6 | Like my contemporaries I first attended an elementary school , about which I remember only three things . |
| 7 | In May 1989 I first introduced a ten-minute rule Bill — the Public Service Contract Bill — which sought to establish minimum standards of public service with automatic compensation for failure . |
| 8 | Are enough of them likely to embrace a distant relative of the mushroom to give Quorn a healthy slice of the market ? |
| 9 | If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies |
| 10 | You each had a Black Baby and the donation of a penny a week out of your pocket money meant that the Sister could move your small paper cut-out one step higher to God . |
| 11 | Now I 'll put you in these erm particular groups and you each have an allotted task as it were , so group A which is you people there , you will stay here okay and group B and C I 'll put you , that 's what we keep doing with that , so Barry you are in the jurassic er Gareth you are in as well . |
| 12 | Then Sally 's lovely nine puppies — I remember you waylaying an army captain to let Sally mate with his dog , and he ringing us up laughing and saying of course he could , and you three making a lovely bridal room for them in Pop 's study ! |
| 13 | But Deaconess Tilley had said , ‘ Go on , Mrs Y. It 'll do you good to see a fresh face . |
| 14 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 15 | She was out with a group of girls , you were with your friends , and you all had a happy evening together and ended up at a disco . |
| 16 | Sporting teams , you all look a sporting bunch to me specially that chubby chap there in the middle er I 've got contacts with not only all the local football , rugby , cricket clubs etcetera , but also the teams that sort of how do I put this represent people in er the city on , on a , a good sporting level , I E Mosely Rugby Club , Aston Villa Football Club , so whatever your standard is in any sport come and see me and I shall sort out exactly what you want . |
| 17 | I hope you all have a great Christmas and I look forward to hearing from you ! |
| 18 | I hope you all have a nice birthday and many more to come now last week the flower box raised one pound forty two , the raffle four pound forty six and the bring and buy two pound sixty making a total of eight pound fourteen |
| 19 | I hope you all have a good Easter and a good Easter holiday . |
| 20 | And just finally on the Mr are you able to put an approximate number , er figure to the number of such operations you 've been involved in ? |
| 21 | When you first introduce a technical term which needs explanation , either explain it immediately or indicate that you will explain it shortly . |
| 22 | When you first evolve a new creature by artificial selection in the computer model , it feels like a creative process . |
| 23 | The reward comes when you first survive a stronger puff without falling . |
| 24 | Rose was the world , the sky that curved above you when you first took a tottering step , that held from behind your upstretched hands . |
| 25 | To get an overdraft , you first need a current account at a bank . |
| 26 | But to make the current flow you first add a little acid or alkali ( electrolyte ) . |
| 27 | Whenever you first encounter a new programming language the ‘ Hello World ’ program is a good starting point . |
| 28 | ‘ Are n't you pleased to have an older sister ? ’ |
| 29 | Was she just imagining an underlying bitterness in his remark ? |
| 30 | ‘ Let you two have a good old gossip . |