Example sentences of "[pers pn] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 2 | Its that time of year again when RUNNING Magazine offers you a comprehensive guide to over 200 models of show on the market this spring . |
| 3 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 4 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 5 | Give you a flipping chance to even enjoy it , do they ? ! |
| 6 | Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures |
| 7 | Mike Palmer gives you a step-by-step guide to making a fast start in 1991 . |
| 8 | We are sending you a free subscription to our newsletter on stocks and shares for three months . |
| 9 | This is good country , with good villages in it , giving you a full exposure to the dark green or red-brown paint , on window shutters or exposed timbers , that creates such a decorative unity among Basque houses — so much so that I recall a feeling of outrage along this road , when I passed one traditionally built house whose paint work was the vilest turquoise . |
| 10 | We will send you a full response to all reasonable written account enquiries within 20 working days of receiving your letter . |
| 11 | You may also be told that there is an alternative route via Dakar , some 500 kilometres away , which may give you a connecting flight to Praia , the capital on Santiago Island — provided , of course , that the plane turns up . |
| 12 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 13 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 14 | ‘ One of these days you 're going to give me a straight answer to a straight question , ’ she explained , ‘ and the roof will fall in . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ There is nothing I would not do for you , ’ he replied , and all at once frustrated beyond enduring , ‘ For pity 's sake , woman , ’ he implored , and , reminding her of a comment she had made to him that delightful mealtime in Bečov , ‘ give me a straight answer to a straight question — are you going to marry me ? ’ |
| 16 | The electric bite alarms will give me the initial warning and the silver foil will give me a visual guide to what the carp are doing with the bait . |
| 17 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 18 | I think they sensed in me a possible convert to their beliefs , merely because I was curious , or perhaps they genuinely liked me — I do n't know . |
| 19 | ‘ Berenice has given me a possible lead to her elusive husband . ’ |
| 20 | Well my family has , is now all over the world so Christmas , give me a good excuse to sa , to tell them to come home , we need you ! |
| 21 | ‘ At that Mr Nicholas slapped my face hard then gave me a solid punch to the jaw . ’ |
| 22 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
| 23 | On the other hand , my journeys in Wiltshire had made me a familiar figure to the police , and I consulted them about evacuating from London a distinguished man , of whose name , I need hardly say , they had never heard . |
| 24 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 25 | Perhaps you will allow me a brief reply to the anonymous review of my book Art and Civilisation in your November issue : The reviewer wonders why the book was written , or , rather , why the publisher was ‘ keen on the project ’ . |
| 26 | It did n't give me a positive attitude to psychiatric care or the regime in the National Health Service at all |
| 27 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 28 | These attractive little bagrid are active during the day making them a useful addition to the mature , well-established and maintained planted community tank . |
| 29 | He 's as short-sighted as a bat with its eyes shut , but with his goggles on he is a lousy attacker and without them a serious threat to our defence ! |
| 30 | Brachiopods have two valves , and this gives them a superficial resemblance to bivalved molluscs . |