Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] [noun] they " in BNC.
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1 | And then sh like , you know how sometimes in the , an old dance routine they put a coat on the woman and everything , she 's dancing and they bring this coat towards her and she goes like that and it 's a straight jacket . |
2 | In a small harbour below an empty summer house they were greeted by a seaman , who had been sitting warming his hands on the engine of a small black motorboat , incongruously called Shirley . |
3 | OUTGUNNED Muslim forces fought off Serb and Croat attacks on two fronts yesterday as Bosnian Serbs voted on an international peace plan they seem certain to reject . |
4 | Under an informal family arrangement they paid the mortgage instalments falling due under the local authority mortgage . |
5 | However , after an initial 5p rise they still managed to fall a touch below today 's opening 270p on further consideration of the results . |
6 | As long as new measures of social policy in these areas could be presented as solutions to an inner city problem they stood a greater chance of popular acceptance than if they were seen as no more than further attempts to rid the nation of the welfare state legacy of the post-war era and the dependency mentality that went along with it . |
7 | After an arduous approach march they reached Heraklion airfield , but found that it was well guarded . |
8 | Maybe it 's the Border Culture ! g Staff do enjoy this work immensely — if treated as adults within an open management system they will treat residents likewise and are so committed and enthusiastic . |
9 | It 's comforting that on an adjacent sound stage they are making a comedy called Otto : The Love Story . |