Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Because , but you do n't you , you well if you 've got a rich peasant economy you do n't need to because you 're saying the rich peasant |
2 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
3 | Now this was a retrospective analysis bit it was done on prospectively recorded information . |
4 | When I say a right brain of course it does n't mean that the left brain 's just shut down completely but it 's predominantly a a right brain activity it 's the the creative part . |
5 | Well I , I 'm a right family man I am . |
6 | It was incorporated by the architect , Alexander Skirving , into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue . |
7 | Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor . |
8 | We can consider reasonably clear cut examples of the use of local landmarks and of home stimuli , but when we come on to a possible map sense we shall move into one of the more unsettled areas of the science . |
9 | HP agreed to take a small stake in Convex earlier this year under an agreement that includes Convex using the PA RISC family in a massively-parallel computer system it is designing , and also involves each company taking some of the other 's products on an OEM basis . |
10 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
11 | On a total responsibility package we will survey , measure up , agree the design and dimensions , and guarantee its fit . |
12 | In working towards the growth of a total quality culture it seeks to impact on all aspects of Scottish life , encompassing corporate responsibility and individual quality awareness both of which it believes are fundamental to long-term Scottish success . |
13 | On a used cylinder head it is usual to ‘ pin ’ the hot spots in before skimming and replacing the head . |
14 | I am heading for a wilding apple tree I discovered last year — sniffed out , actually , since its lemon-yellow fruits smelt deliciously of quince and scented the air for dozens of yards around . |
15 | she said no , Jean said oh I ca n't walk that , have a bloody heart attack she says , so they put her in a trolley |
16 | For students who have already achieved a Standard Grade in Science at Grade 3 and who wish to progress in a specific science area it would be possible to construct a programme using an appropriate context with the modules : |
17 | I think it er , on reflection I think er I would discourage members from having a three-way table show I like the , the one-off you know , one against one because it works better |
18 | Nonetheless , they also found that the professional newcomers to the area were often upset by the environmental consequences of modern farming ( see Chapters 8 and 9 ) and since they lacked a rural power base they formed environmental pressure groups to protest against the farmers , thus creating a new form of social division in the rural community . |
19 | and anything with a foreign number plate they were |
20 | Now say , there 's a social work contact we 've got in York , who 's |
21 | Happily , at the time of going to print the craze is dying a death , as consumers realise that £500 is a lot to pay for something you carry about on one shoulder , and that as a social status symbol it is as impressive as a 1979 Cortina without wheels propped up on bricks . |
22 | ‘ Like a bleedin' patchwork quilt 'e was , by the time they finished stitchin' 'im up . ’ |
23 | COMMUTERS who staged a sit-in on a British Rail train they claim is cancelled frequently were ejected by police , and their leader arrested , at a station last night . |
24 | Well very rarely it was I , actually I 'd say I was n't really furnished what they used to call the sofa down the one side and there was chairs around there was no three piece suite or anything like that , but er if it was a wet Sunday afternoon we 'd play draughts or games like that , as we grew older we used to play , play whist , so it was just a room for oh and we had a gramophone , I , I 've actually got the old gramophone case I have n't got the working part I 've got the case upstairs now , it was a , as long as I , we er , I bought it and the pals used to club around and buy a record each week there was er Parlaphone , they used to have a little shop on the corner of Street and Street , and we had it from there , and we used to buy a little , a small record perhaps once a week , perhaps once a month , but er I remember the first record we 'd , we 'd bought as a long play was No No Nanette and er a twelve inch record . |
25 | Within a medieval siege tent you are transported in time to the castle keep ; the lights dim and the 1066 Story begins … projected images , lighting , multi-track sound and even an appearance by King Harold and William the Conqueror ! |
26 | What about a fried egg sandwich they 're the ones ! |
27 | The deference of his courtiers did nothing for this — that was a piece from a different jigsaw puzzle he had already solved . |
28 | On the other hand , from a different vantage point they might have seen the body without having to go right to the edge . |
29 | There 's usually a old salmon coble they 'd pick up from down the coast somewhere . |
30 | These properties of V4 cells only appear , however , as long as a large part of the scene is illuminated and the scene contains more than one coloured area , which Zeki achieves using a multicoloured stimulus array he calls a Mondrian . |