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 .
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