Example sentences of "a [noun] [coord] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 2 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 3 | ‘ I might scream a bit but he just shrugs and says , ‘ It does n't matter ’ no matter what it is . ’ |
| 4 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 5 | I cough a bit but it still tastes good . |
| 6 | The bus turns the corner and it gets stuck in some traffic for a bit and he just carries on shouting again and again . |
| 7 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew J B Priestley a bit and he once suggested to me that I should do what he did in the Thirties , which was to take a trip around Britain talking to people . |
| 9 | I wanted to be a winner and I still do ’ |
| 10 | Little research has studied adults who got to the stage of applying to do a course but who then did not enrol for it . |
| 11 | I mean if you 're honest a lot of these were really first or second draft erm manuscripts I think and er er you really got to get , if you 're going to submit something like this it has to be er it has to be absolutely watertight and you have to say exactly what it is that you want to say , erm some of the criticism I 've , I 'm not gon na mention people 's names , but I 'm just remind myself er , a whole lot of you for some reason erm , con construct things in sort of note form I suppose this being undergraduates that helps this and , and , but you construct things with single sentence paragraphs so that actually you get a whole list of sentences without any linking between them and that is terribly disjointed reading and with an account like that , when you 've finished reading it , you sort of have to shake your head and think well what did the person actually say , and when it 's actually looking for er a little bit of prose , the in addition some of your con your sentences are in , extraordinarily complex , you start off in a sentence and you actually lose your way in the middle of it , I mean the simple sentence 's much the better thing , I mean I seem to remember being told by subject , object verb , in a sentence , they must have those , those , those things , well very often you 'll have a sentence which starts with er a particular noun and as , as a subject and then finishes up with the same no noun or , or , or subject or , or maybe it 's become the object of the sentence at the very end or maybe the sentence has totally lost it 's way . |
| 12 | She had thought that if her mother had learned to consent , to let go , to be filled , then Phoebe 's passivity and disinterest would drop off like a cloak and she too could be naked with joy and love . |
| 13 | They write out a cheque but it never gets cashed for it 's taken back at once . |
| 14 | Jeans and a T-shirt but you never noticed what Zosie wore . |
| 15 | A verb always makes a link and it always represents some kind of movement . |
| 16 | I ca n't believe it in actual , yeah but there was a fight or something so they might not have it again |
| 17 | Karadzic , apparently encouraged by the new international policy announced in Washington , not only invited Bosnian Muslim and Croat leaders to meet him to discuss a settlement but he also challenged the Muslims to a soccer match . |
| 18 | I was seriously considering going to India to become a monk but I never got round to it ! ’ |
| 19 | If we try again it will be at first light with a photographer and no-one else present or maybe with just ourselves present . |
| 20 | They reckon she 's got a hernia or something now . |
| 21 | Yeah , quite a high one so they have a big dam to give a good head water , a good height of water , and that water comes Drops down through quite a quite a height , and then they have a turbine sort of force it into a turbine with a turbine and it really spins that turbine th that 's joined top the alternator and makes the electricity . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’ |
| 23 | Now , what you 're saying is , if we do n't allow 'em a carport or something there , they 're gon na park outside . |
| 24 | Show her a horse and she happily mounted it . |
| 25 | I bought this really expensive one , you know I was ca n't remember a wedding or something so I had to buy something . |
| 26 | We 'll have a sandwich or something then , ah ? |
| 27 | was getting really cross and was beginning to call the police over she just produced a card and they just throw it and said this means nothing to me , this means nothing to me , cover your head and she just laughed at them and walked away , but he , he pounced on a Filipino girl who was actually wearing jeans , and socks and said her jeans were too short |
| 28 | His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun . |
| 29 | This can be a killer but it really is good for you . |
| 30 | My second term after Christmas was much smoother as a result but it still held problems . |