Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that a payment made by him for goods bought is binding , though payment could not have been enforced against him . |
| 2 | By 1991 , the Levellers , then without a chart hit to their name , were said to be the fourth most bankable live band in the country . |
| 3 | John was a devout Christian and as a young man had hoped to be a minister , a vocation denied to him by a stammer in his speech . |
| 4 | all her sister 's energy and thinking her sister should , I mean she had a sister living with her and her sister had her own family with her , er a Mongol son , well I 'm afraid Margaret should n't of taken that attitude because she said ooh everywhere I go now there 's only me , now that 's being selfish , because she had three children and she should n't really of expected all her sisters to keep coming , they were living with her , you know |
| 5 | The death under somewhat dubious circumstances of a racehorse belonging to his son was frankly the least of his problems . |
| 6 | There are plans to give everyone affordable health insurance , allow leave from work for anyone with a sick child or elderly relative to look after , and enforce a seven-day wait for anyone wanting to buy a handgun . |
| 7 | This was certainly NOT a man capable of leading this country out of a recession created by his policies . |
| 8 | When some sociologists talk of the ‘ socialization function of the family ’ , therefore , they are not talking of a family deliberately and consciously performing a function assigned to it from outside by ‘ society ’ , but rather of a more subtle process that arises out of the facts of being married , of sharing a residence over a long period of time , and of parenthood . |
| 9 | This , he agreed , would have been his first move had such a case landed on his desk , and he would have talked , too , to the local health visitor . |
| 10 | Just imagine going into a court of law to argue a case depending on its provisions . |
| 11 | As we have seen elsewhere , the wording of statutes tends to be general and is therefore frequently ambiguous ; thus when a case revolves around what a statute actually says , judges have a good deal of discretion which they will exercise according to their view of what the law requires . |
| 12 | Such statements are not to be taken seriously and the courts would not support a case brought on them . |
| 13 | When writing to a building society , never omit the mortgage reference number , or there may be some delay in receiving a reply , and if you act for your client 's bank , building society , etc , you will of course normally ask them to send the deeds direct to you ; in such a case include in your letter , if there is an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion ( as there will be in the case of a building society and may be in the case of a bank ) , an undertaking to hold the deeds on behalf of the bank or society , to return them on demand , not to part with the same except on completion of the sale , and to discharge the society 's mortgage . |
| 14 | Anyway , she seemed to cheer up a bit listening to their trite old remarks about it coming to everybody , and after that her mother had been all right and seemed to accept it . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm feeling a bit choked about it , ’ said Brundle . |
| 16 | J : It 's alright , but it sounds a bit dated to me . |
| 17 | Maggie was a bit shaken at his silence and knew she was once again blushing . |
| 18 | ‘ Being the eternal replacement is not only a bit boring in itself but it does damage . |
| 19 | I sort of was a bit lost on me trig so that 's really what I want to get to go through a bit of trig . |
| 20 | Maryon was getting a bit worried about him after an evening out in a restaurant : he had been getting behind with his alcohol intake so he decided to catch up . |
| 21 | She was usually a bit worried about her brothers . |
| 22 | And Rosie had replied in a sort of mumble , ‘ I 'm all right , Mrs Jones ; just a bit worried about my brother . |
| 23 | As a matter of fact , his solicitor is getting a bit worried about his silence . |
| 24 | Just a bit left on her legs so the baby must have used up all if the baby carries on like this she 'll be anaemic I think . |
| 25 | Only a bit left on it . |
| 26 | You know our eyes are very important to us , what he says , get a bit frustrated with you , you 've not understood what they 're tr trying to explain , they say come on , open your eyes will you , it 's there , it 's in front of you . |
| 27 | All he 's worried about is getting wickets , and he 's , as I think I said yesterday he starts to feel a bit frustrated with his lax control , the ball flows all over the place and then somehow or other he 's got at the , the real quality batsmen in the opposition side , he 's got DaSilva out , might have been a slightly lucky dismissal caught down the leg side and he 's got him out and he 's done that in every match he 's played , he 's given away runs pretty rapidly , but he keeps getting vital wickets as well . |
| 28 | It needs a bit doing to it , I know , but it 's yours . |
| 29 | And in fact , it 's been a that 's why you needed quite a bit doing to it . |
| 30 | Leeds are still reeling from last week 's four-goal home mauling by Nottingham Forest and club captain Gordon Strachan said : ‘ I 've watched it on video and I 'm still a bit confused about what happened . |