Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not completely unknown because my father had let a few art lovers see it , and , later on , some researchers into Modigliani . |
| 2 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 3 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 4 | Britain were beaten out of sight after Kerly , Britain 's all-time record scorer with 65 goals in 97 internationals , had missed a glorious chance seconds before half-time , when Britain , although 2-0 down , were still in the match . |
| 5 | Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes . |
| 6 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 7 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 8 | Yeah , yeah but there 's , you 've got a new village police officer have n't you ? |
| 9 | These are very very cheap discounted tickets er usually using what we might call the dodgier carriers of the world , not necessarily those which have got a bad safety records or crash records , but where the cuisine is n't quite as good on board , or you do n't get an inflight movie . |
| 10 | " And have you got a little mu trai tucked away somewhere , Paul ? " inquired Chuck , grinning broadly . |
| 11 | Fact is , I think you 've got a whole lotta guts , ‘ specially after what he put you through . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've got a few injury problems now but I 'm hoping they 'll iron themselves out . |
| 13 | I 've got a few prep days coming up actually . |
| 14 | During filming he became firm friends with Steve McQueen , who played a psychopathic , womanizing American bomber captain who tries to seduce his co-pilot 's English girlfriend , only to be told a few home truths about his attitude to people and war . |
| 15 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
| 16 | So she has to go on a a Monday night , and she 's had a few day courses as well . |
| 17 | UK , Macclesfield firm , JSB Computer Systems Ltd 's US operation , out in Scotts Valley , California ( UX No 347 ) , has had a few teething troubles — it is some $200,000 short of its initial target and has undergone a few staff changes — however JSB managing director , Steve Jones says the unit turned in $150,000 last month and is now holding its own . |
| 18 | I 've had a lovely Christmas thanks Joan ! |
| 19 | Then a shop assistant on the island told police he had sold a young man scalpels , a pickaxe , a saw , spades , tarpaulins , rope , plastic sacks and torches on the day before the couple vanished . |
| 20 | The take-over the first time a South African bank has bought a British bank values Ansbacher at £57.8m . |
| 21 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 22 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 23 | She and Lee were never close colleagues but as WEA tutor-organiser she continued to play a key role in attracting students to her short courses and from these developed a few Tutorial Classes for which Lee was the tutor . |
| 24 | NEC Corp has developed a neural network systems that detects similarities in share price patterns . |
| 25 | I gave up at half a dozen , desultorily checked a few share prices and failed to read more than two paragraphs of an article on the gilt-edged market . |
| 26 | They were n't interested in her war story , they 'd heard a million war stories . |
| 27 | In truth the rolling review has become a running review circumstances are changing with no respect for the committee cycle . |
| 28 | Catherine has entered a few poetry competitions and written other short stories . |
| 29 | introduced a new World Sports Car Manufactures ' Championship for both Competition Sports Cars ( Group 4 ) and Prototypes ( Group 6 ) . |
| 30 | Having recently announced a new health warnings to be placed on packets in fulfilment of the EC Labelling Directive , the Secretary of State for Health , William Waldegrave , has now reportedly agreed with the tobacco industry that the same warnings will also be used on advertising . |