Example sentences of "and what a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 2 | This head of manslaughter is swallowed by the reckless form if there is no difference between what the accused foresaw and what a reasonable person would , subject to this dispute . |
| 3 | ‘ So she goes on about how wise he is , and what a brilliant speaker and … |
| 4 | He spoke of the affection he and his uncle had had for each other and what a marvellous counsellor he had been . |
| 5 | Here we have an uninterrupted view of the prospect , and what a glorious prospect it is , stretching far away for many miles on every hand . |
| 6 | And what a long time it took for a tradesman to recover what he was owed ! |
| 7 | And what a despicable set of values — rendered all the more offensive by the revelations from Wall Street , London , Tokyo and Dublin , that the mandarins , gurus and executors of capitalism are as trustworthy as a fox guarding a chicken coop . |
| 8 | Come to laugh , no doubt , and what a splendid opportunity they were being presented with ! |
| 9 | And what a splendid view you have ! |
| 10 | We 've just done a fortnight in the States promoting this region erm to the agents of the erm people who , you know , really book holidays , and one of the things that emerged more than ever was this comradeship , you know , we are together in this erm and what a great country you 've got over there . |
| 11 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 12 | And what a great night that was ! |
| 13 | Her family wrote and said that Medau was Beryl 's whole life and what a great comfort it was to them to know she had so many loving friends . |
| 14 | Once again I admire my dummy heron and think how realistic he is and what a great job he does scaring other herons away . |
| 15 | And what a great innovation the Provincial Insurance Cup for junior clubs has been . |
| 16 | ‘ All the lads at Spurs talk about Gazza and what a great player he is . |
| 17 | If you know what a life mine is , in ways I was not able to tell you the other day , and what a terrible story mine has been , you would pray for me much . ’ |
| 18 | We shall notice in a little how he was to build further upon the foundations laid in 1927 , and what a distinctive theology resulted . |
| 19 | And what a rich cargo she bore ! |
| 20 | The bazaar drew nearer and nearer — and what a strange thing , McAllister thought , to be such a central part of her life , and she and Matey worked together now , in that , as in everything else , and Matey 's liking for her grew daily , for the eyes McAllister turned on him were always so full of love , and he was easy and happy with her , as he had not been since he was a boy before Africa and Angela Deverill 's betrayal . |
| 21 | ‘ And what a strange place to live ! |
| 22 | Fagin told Oliver how good the Dodger was at his job , and what a friendly boy Charley was . |
| 23 | And what a fearful price there will be to pay for it . |
| 24 | And said what a nice girl she was and what a good student and Suzannah said oh that 's cos I won that make up competition . |
| 25 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 26 | Since his death , business people had phoned the bank to say how sorry they were and what a good job Mr Miller had done , said Mrs Temple . |
| 27 | I have been interested to find out more about the Medau method for some time now — and what a pleasant experience it turned out to be . |
| 28 | A recent G M B poll showed that sixty nine percent of people thought the unions should support Labour to balance big biglifs big business and what a major balancing act that is . |
| 29 | Hari smiled , she knew more than Emily , she knew where Craig was , and she was learning all about him , how kind he was and what a real gent he could be . |
| 30 | ‘ And what a stupid lie too ! ’ |