Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 2 | He had known most of them for half a lifetime . |
| 3 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 4 | Sister Monica stayed with them for half an hour . |
| 5 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 6 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 7 | On the way you can tell me what 's happened to make you lather up that great horse of yours in such a fashion . ’ |
| 8 | A waitress told me of such an incident when she heard a rumour that her hotel management had appointed private detectives with the power to search staff homes — a not uncommon fear among hotel workers and one paralleling similar periodic fears in other occupations of this type . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 10 | ‘ In my view the only candidate before you for such an act is Harper in lighting a tuft of hay . |
| 11 | If they 're selling those imitation trees , and if they 've got that wonderful one that looks like a real tree if they can say to me yes , we can rope it up for you in such a way that it 's got a handle on it . |
| 12 | In the case of a building society mortgage , it may be useful to ask for a " daily interest rate " in case there 's some slight delay in completion ; this will save writing another letter , and will enable you in such a case to disburse and account for the completion monies as soon as you receive them . |
| 13 | ‘ Why are you in such a hurry to be really and truly wed ? ’ asked Joan curiously . |
| 14 | ‘ Why are you in such a hurry to leave , anyway ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why are you in such a hurry ? ’ |
| 16 | Insurance is available quite cheaply which would safeguard you in such an event . |
| 17 | See you in half an hour , then ? ’ |
| 18 | See you in half an hour . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll meet you in half an hour . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll see you in half an hour at the end of the session . " |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll see you in half an hour . |
| 22 | I 'll see you in half an hour , then , ’ Travis said , and left . |
| 23 | And they either say go and read the paper mum , I 'll call you in half an hour . |
| 24 | That 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic again for you in half an hour 's time radio Nottingham F M one O three point eight and ninety five point five Nottinghamshire 's favourite station with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 25 | I took you over many a sea , |
| 26 | Once you have become used to the exercise you will find that it helps you on many an occasion when you feel tension mounting within you . |
| 27 | clings to me with such a perfume |
| 28 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 29 | He knows how to make people laugh , without whipping them into such a state of excitement that they feel a keen sense of anti-climax when the host of the show comes on . |
| 30 | Her girlfriends , particularly her former flatmates , would have rallied round but she did not feel that she could inflict them with such a burden of responsibility . |