Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also depends if you have your windows open and you 've got them each side and a bit of a wind , they 'll be flapping . |
| 2 | When feeding fish , give them high-protein food and a supplement of dried daphnia each day . |
| 3 | Bailey gives me instant coffee and a plate of Tesco jam doughnuts , still in their plastic packet , and we sit at a dusty picnic table outside , slapping off flies . |
| 4 | However , if your circumstances change , and you can not keep to an arrangement , tell the fuel supplier , who should not cut you off without offering you another arrangement or a pre-payment meter . |
| 5 | ‘ I suggest we give you some paper and a pencil . |
| 6 | With your monthly premiums invested in the GRE Life Fund , your level of benefits can increase over the years to give you rock-solid protection and a handsome double cash payout . |
| 7 | If criticism gets you down and you tend to brood , keeping one of these crystals near you is believed to bring you renewed confidence and a fresh perspective . |
| 8 | We wish you a merry Christmas we wish you a merry Christmas wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year . |
| 9 | Oh gawld , move forward a bit , so that 's what I was going to get , but erm in BeWise they 've got erm checked shirts and they 're five ninety nine this brushed cotton thing , so I thought if I get him that waistcoat and a pair of cords , erm and get him one of these brushed cotton shirts that 'll be that sort of colour |
| 10 | This will include : ( i ) the mother ; ( ii ) the father if he was married to the mother when the child was born ; ( iii ) the father , if he was not married to the child 's mother when the child was born but he has since married her or now has a residence order , a court order which gives him parental responsibility or a formal parental responsibility agreement made with the mother in accordance with s4(2) of the Act ; ( iv ) a guardian of the child which in this context means a testamentary guardian appointed in accordance with s5 of the Act ; ( v ) anyone who holds a custody or residence order relating to the child ; ( vi ) a local authority which has a care order in respect of the child ; ( vii ) anyone who has been granted an emergency protection order ; ( viii ) in the case of an adopted child , the adopters in place of the natural parents . |
| 11 | I bet he does n't get up till about , well it 's eleven now I 'll give him another hour and a half ! |
| 12 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 13 | Chola fetched him some tobacco and a parcel of turmeric . |
| 14 | Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle . |
| 15 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 16 | The techniques he employs , he says , give him more flexibility than a potter and allow him maximum flexibility with malleable qualities of the metals he employs . |
| 17 | He saw her through a gilt-framed mirror on the opposite wall , and that first glimpse of her brought him more joy than a dozen Christmases put together . |
| 18 | Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . |
| 19 | The squall moved rapidly away , fading into the distance like a memory , leaving behind it crystal-clear air and a freshly washed sky the colour of forget-me-nots . |
| 20 | But I certainly think that with regard to Concept Catering , the merger did not come s , could almost , did n't come soon enough , because we needed to turn Concept Catering , from a school meals organisation into a catering organisation , and give it stronger management and a better lead and a better appreciation of what it means to be customer oriented . |
| 21 | Cash freely revives his back catalogue , fine by me — he gives them new life and a new generation deserves to hear where Nick Cave got ‘ Wanted Man ’ from . |