Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The main thing is to get a piece of paper between each piece of glassware so that if it does move , And if you j you just pack a piece of paper in er er fold it over a little er and push it in , i i so you stop movement . |
| 2 | Trevor , fishing it with a floating line and a 20-foot leader , retrieved the Tinhead slowly on Kingfisher Pool and tempted a fine 7lb 2oz rainbow trout . |
| 3 | Asked to organise a tea party to raise funds for the Royal British Legion women 's section 's national birthday scheme , Liphook branch hit on the idea of turning theirs into a Mad Hatter 's tea party . |
| 4 | They can arrange to mary you in a hot air balloon or on the beach , they can even invite along some monks to attend the proceedings . |
| 5 | After expressing the cooked garlic from its skin , puree it with a little vegetable oil , raw coriander root and leaf , plus black pepper . |
| 6 | After completion , post it in a sealed envelope to Patio Competition , Small Gardens , Bushfield House , Orton Centre , Peterborough PE2 OUW to arrive no later than December 31st 1989 . |
| 7 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 8 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes Please ’ is n't designed to blow you into oblivion , more lull you into a false sense of security . |
| 10 | So I thought I 'd lull you into a false sense of security by luring you here . ’ |
| 11 | It is learning about religion it 's an educational process and it has an importance , whether it 's learning about religion and whether its learning it as a cultural , historical and a religious er tradition of the country and that is what is important . |
| 12 | It was Willans who advised Rolt 's parents to apprentice him as a mechanical engineer , and it was with great enthusiasm that in 1926 the boy left Cheltenham College , which had been a miserable experience for him , to serve as a pupil at Bomfords , an agricultural engineering firm at Pitchill near Evesham . |
| 13 | It gives credibility to the particular choice we as a self-defining ‘ human ’ group have made , and reinforces the validity of that choice by obscuring the fact that we make it voluntarily , rather than have it imposed on us by scientific laws which are unquestionable and necessary . |
| 14 | The chemist can use just such a matrix to trap a species whose normal lifetime is just fractions of a second , and subject it to a longer , closer scrutiny than would otherwise be possible . |
| 15 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State is now likely to call in the application and subject it to a public enquiry . |
| 17 | Partly , this is because the author rightly recognizes that many users of the Statute Book approach it in a different way from a judge who is presented with two opposing interpretations with supporting arguments . |
| 18 | He lowered his dark head , his mouth claiming hers in a fierce , hot kiss as his hand stroked her breast , sending shock waves of pleasure through her . |
| 19 | Hence it was decided to remove this ceiling and its supporting joists and to resite it at a higher level . |
| 20 | But for the moment , why not humour me with a little explanation ? ’ |
| 21 | In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither . |