Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It makes my plans a great deal easier anyway . ’ |
| 2 | I had failed miserably to give my readers a true picture of the visual delights awaiting those who followed in my footsteps . |
| 3 | I put my hair up , belt my waist with a red suede sash from Los Angeles and pencil my lips a deep red . |
| 4 | I put on the headset and sat in his chair and presently into my ears a disembodied voice said , ‘ Are you there ? ’ |
| 5 | Before I lifted the knocker I gave my clogs an extra rub on my stockinged calf , then I rapped on the door . |
| 6 | I mean I may be able to get some money from my parents a little bit |
| 7 | Pehr Kalm had been a student of Linnaeus , to whom he wrote in March 1747 saying that he had collected a great many seeds from the Essex garden of Richard Warner , a special friend of Miller , who promised an introduction and that he intended ‘ taking up my quarters a little way from Chelsea garden to be always with him ’ . |
| 8 | But we used to en I used to enjoy going to it , as I say until I got older and I wanted to sort of stretch my wings a little bit and and I did other things . |
| 9 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 10 | It was a wholly objectionable idea , it was rightly opposed by very nearly everybody who spoke in the debate and the Government has withdrawn from that decision and that I welcome unreservedly but My Lords a great deal that is objectionable remains in Clause two of this Bill . |
| 11 | The P word was getting on my nerves an awful lot this afternoon ! . |
| 12 | The predominantly transparent colours of the gouache gave my washes a strong tint , and so allowed me to apply the broad washed demanded by a large watercolour . |
| 13 | She is a tyrant who numbers among her possessions a private menagerie of four hundred and nineteen fools , some grotesquely malformed , others as beauteous as the dawn . |
| 14 | There can be no doubt that the climate of Japan imposed on her artists a different attitude towards art problems . |
| 15 | Since then every Q.T. has received in their notes a red paper outlining the Grant Aid meeting also a letter containing a revised timetable in which you were asked to think about specific items . |
| 16 | As the number of these specialists increased , they tried to use the idea of evolution as a means of giving their disciplines a vague unity , thus creating the first science of ‘ biology ’ . |
| 17 | He gave her fingers a brief squeeze , then released them and began drumming on the table . |
| 18 | And Beauty in her turn was sober , sensible , and one hundred per cent reliable — until the day she carefully picked up in her teeth a full bucket of water , and then just as carefully poured it over her owner 's head ! |
| 19 | Non-cumulative preference shares , by their nature , give their shareholders a preferential interest in the company 's profits for the year , and on liquidation of the company , after settlement of all creditors , entitle the holder to repayment of the nominal value of the shares before the ordinary shareholders are repaid . |
| 20 | Many of these families carefully weighed the balance of pro-PLO and pro-Jordanian sympathy locally , and chose from their ranks a suitable candidate to reflect opinion in the voting population . |
| 21 | Some friends of mine have given their Oscars a ping-pong ball ( the plain white type — avoid the coloured ones as they seem to be painted ) . |
| 22 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 23 | ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common . |
| 24 | To give policyholders the security they need the Society , like any other responsible motor insurer , includes in its premiums a prudent allowance for the effect of future inflation on the cost of claims . |
| 25 | Out of her mating with their books a small book of her own would be born . |
| 26 | Blay 's Guides , the financial information publishing company , has launched a new range of databases to help financial advisers offer their clients a wider range of advice . |
| 27 | Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand . |
| 28 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 29 | Well they say they see people that erm have more possessions than theirselves and they see in their eyes an easier way of getting similar possessions . |
| 30 | Before their eyes an immense picture , or series of pictures , gradually unwound : not just one scene , but the entire history of the shipwreck passed before them . |