Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strict selection of monks applying to Saint-Vanne and the high standards of learning it demanded of them provide an early insight into Pérignon 's own capabilities . |
| 2 | By ‘ softness ’ I mean an opposite quality which is not always a fault . |
| 3 | By ‘ contract ’ , I mean an educational contract , in which the institution is in effect undertaking to provide the student with the kind of programme that he or she wants , in return for the student 's active participation . |
| 4 | I make an encouraging grunt , to help him get involved in the story . |
| 5 | After sticking the hook through a crust I make an experimental cast across the river , well away from the swim , choosing a dock leaf as my target on the far bank . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect an important letter . |
| 7 | I want an accurate scale drawing , using a scale of one centimetre . |
| 8 | I want an open border , as you do . |
| 9 | Yeah I want a lot of grovelling she says , I want an enormous amount of grovelling when you come . |
| 10 | The industry still has problems but I sense an increasing willingness for its component parts to work together for the common good . |
| 11 | I put an old eiderdown and a small pillow in the coffin and waited . |
| 12 | I seek an Irish male , 19-25 , as penpal . |
| 13 | I support an intermediate position , in which one performs appropriate investigations in the right order for a few patients . |
| 14 | And I find this challenging , these talks , which is why I was n't at all sorry to be asked to do so and why I continue to do them and I enjoy giving the , I enjoy meeting people , I meet an awful lot of , of nice people . |
| 15 | I meet an eager mob of fifty Class 2 children in Swaziland and a large lady who had taught every single one of them to read , determined collectively and individually to hold me in the classroom until they have proved it true . |
| 16 | In such an event I anticipate an additional fee , over and above the fees indicated above , of £ [ ] payable at the conclusion of the contract . |
| 17 | I see that I enjoy an exaggerated reputation for probity among my compatriots . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I travel an awful lot with my career but I have always kept up my links with Derry and the football club has always been such a part of me . ’ |
| 19 | The first time I meet her , I wear an unflattering dress . |
| 20 | The specialist diagnosed an ‘ inflamed pubic bone ’ and recommended that I wear an athletic support for sport . |
| 21 | I wear an amazed smile on my face . |
| 22 | I attend an adult evening class at Queen 's and all winter the heat has been so intense that jumpers , cardigans and jackets have had to be discarded and all windows and doors opened . |
| 23 | If , on the other hand , I point to an object in my immediate surroundings and say " this chair " , then , unless I am deliberately lying or trying to mislead , I indicate an implicit assumption on my part that there is something out there , something external to my act of pointing , which I take to be a chair . |
| 24 | ‘ I know an awful lot about you , Michael Ryan . |
| 25 | I mean I know an awful lot of people outside Harlow who who come here but Harlow people could be said to be apathetic or not being marketed rightly . |
| 26 | She should have let me prescribe for her ; I know an excellent liniment … " |
| 27 | — I get an extraordinary pleasure thus . |
| 28 | The guy beside me in the doorway calls in and mentions I 'm there , and I get an immediate order to fade . |
| 29 | That 's nice , well you 're not all that nice , I mean it does you good , I , if I get an upset tummy I always have some . |
| 30 | And in fact , I get an awful lot of support from friends erm , not family because my family are n't , were n't aware of it , erm but I mean , really it came from fre , really close friends that I could sit down and talk to and that could understand me and accept me , just like what the girl said as well . |