Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she seems tired and a light sweat shines on her forehead and neck , she 's smiling her usual fragile-looking smile . |
| 2 | I did it with erm , with er , I went from one and a half and I 'm down to one , 'cos I was , I I 've tasted my father 's sometimes , 'cos he thinks two and a half , he used to take three , and I 'm like aw it 's |
| 3 | That means Clarke will miss the Greenalls Lancashire Cup final in a fortnight , assuming Wigan beat Oldham in tomorrow 's semi-final and he receives more than a one-match ban . |
| 4 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 5 | The formula can be extended to a pop group , as in Lester 's Beatles films , or Boorman 's Catch Us If You Can ( 1965 ) centred on the Dave Clark Five , but it looks more than a little shaky when applied to a more complex , not to say maudlin , character like that written by Shelagh Delaney for Albert Finney in Charlie Bubbles ( 1967 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 7 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 8 | But he wants more than a few measly hundred — and I aim to see he does not get it ! ’ |
| 9 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 10 | And now we look closer at Stan Gilligrew , he bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain well-known PR consultant . |
| 11 | He 's uglier than Corky , fatter than Phi and has less charm than Steve — in fact he bears more than a passing resemblance to Lucy ! |
| 12 | Because it costs two and a half times as much to collect as the money that is received . |
| 13 | It costs more than a normal prescription , two or three times as much , one charge for each hormone they contain , yet means the difference between health or serious illness and peace of mind for you and your partner . |
| 14 | But with a cheap overdraft facility at around 17.5 per cent , holders should have not difficulty in settling the month 's account in full — and it costs less than a conventional credit card . |
| 15 | Get it out out the tap and it costs less than a penny a litre . |
| 16 | It is preferable to smack the dog with your hand rather than use a rolled-up newspaper which the dog may see as an extension of the game , especially if it gets excited and a tug-of-war ensues . |
| 17 | ‘ If you try to tell someone one night he went to bed in one county and woke up in another and he was no longer a Yorkshireman , he gets more than a bit upset . ’ |
| 18 | It takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 19 | I collect my things and pack , and it takes less than a minute . |
| 20 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 21 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 22 | ‘ It takes more than a poisonous soda to subdue me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 24 | IT TAKES more than a sending-off to halt the Portadown juggernaut these days . |
| 25 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 26 | I mean if he charges two and a half I would n't be disappointed cos it 's been in his garage , he 's pushed everything along and he 's always so |
| 27 | It appears likely that a fairly complicated interaction between oestrogen , progesterone and a pituitary hormone known as oxytocin is involved . |
| 28 | He contemplates balloon-travel and a journey to the North Pole . |
| 29 | It seems extraordinary that a British Prime Minister can represent such a betrayal of the interests of millions of people in Britain as a victory for British interests . |
| 30 | For a people who pride themselves on their love of animals , and considering the age-old human dependence on animals for food and work and as pets , it seems strange that a college to train veterinary surgeons in this country was only established two hundred years ago in response to a plan proposed by a Frenchman . |