Example sentences of "[vb base] what a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only when the rest of the Ireland pack were fit and aware enough to stay with the Ulster skipper , did those same critics realise what a good player he really is . |
| 2 | makes us all realise what a good job Save The Children do in our country as well . |
| 3 | Having worked on hanging committees , I realise what a difficult task the 14 Academy selection council members have . |
| 4 | You realise what a miserable sod you can be . |
| 5 | And when I 'm talking to myself I say what a clever fellow you are ! |
| 6 | I heard Claire Rayner say what a good thing it was we were n't immortal because , without the ultimate threat of death , we 'd never have the impetus to use life fully . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind the difficulty that you may have had even in locating a book on the shelves in your room , imagine what a formidable task it is to arrange hundreds of thousands of books in a college library in such a way that each reader can quickly find a particular book or publication on a particular topic . |
| 8 | Just imagine what a seven foot gauge ‘ King ’ or ‘ Castle ’ , built out to the full loading gauge , could have achieved or what speeds modern diesel and electric seven foot trains might attain ! |
| 9 | Look what a frightful sight your flat used to be . |
| 10 | ‘ Look what a beautiful house ! ’ he said . |
| 11 | Films about juvenile delinquency , for example , from Cosh Boy ( 1952 ) to Violent Playground ( 1958 ) , never explore the inner worlds of their characters , only demonstrate what a terrible threat to organized society such behaviour represents . |
| 12 | When you look at the way our railways are run , we can only be grateful that British Rail no longer owns hotels , particularly when you recall what a wonderful training ground the old British Transport Hotels used to be . |
| 13 | ‘ When you consider what a great ambassador for the sport Gary has been , for him to come out and say what he has , then obviously things could not have been right . |
| 14 | The statistics confirm what a detailed reading will tell us , that the majority of the Sonnets move with astonishing frequency on the axis from I to You and back again . |
| 15 | Remember what a real sausage tastes like ? |
| 16 | When we know what a printed word is , we may be said to have collected data about it from the page . |
| 17 | She argues that while the research provides clues about the types of preventive programmes that may be of help we also know what a complex problem child abuse is : The implication seems clear . |
| 18 | ‘ I know what a great driver he is . |
| 19 | You want to pat yourself on your , on your back and think you know what a good boy I am , or what a good girl I am , and of course you 're doing , your superego is doing to you what your parents would 've done as , as , when you were a child , they 're rewarding you saying good boy , good girl , have n't you been good ? |
| 20 | I watch him and know what a good father he will be . |
| 21 | ‘ The rest of the team know what a good job you 're doing , Fran . |
| 22 | Fifty thousand pounds extra for the voluntary sector at a time when a recession , when so called but completely un care in the community is putting a tremendous burden of responsibility both on the voluntary sector and on we know what a good job the voluntary sector do in this city thousand pounds is a small proportion of the money that they are actually requesting from us . |
| 23 | Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ? |
| 24 | You know what a prime number is , and we had a quick look at , we had a look at the primes that even odd , did n't we ? |
| 25 | He answered that we never know what a certain piece of puzzle is until we see the rest and put the piece in place . ) |
| 26 | I see the form tutor one as being now we 've got hold of record of achievement as being part of the developmental process of a record of achievement , now our youngsters know what a personal statement is , form tutors are happier with a joint statement it 's taken us four years |
| 27 | ‘ I know what a few quid means . ’ |
| 28 | I remember sitting in castle , you know what a steep bank it was . |
| 29 | The question of diet generally for elderly people has already been mentioned in Chapter 3 , and all who are trying to ensure that an elderly parent ( particularly one who is living alone ) is eating sensibly know what a difficult problem this is . |
| 30 | You know what a rolling pin looks like . |