Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a real [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 2 | I made a real fool of myself , crying and sobbing , but Luke held me and comforted me and he was so kind … ’ |
| 3 | Try taking a holiday ( I mean a real holiday ; do n't toss the mobile phone and a few unfinished reports into the suitcase with your flip-flops ) and see if you feel better away from it all . |
| 4 | But you know what a Yardie packs — I mean a real Yardie ? |
| 5 | I mean a real belief that I have the word ‘ tiger ’ or ‘ leopard ’ or whatever . |
| 6 | Yes — I make a real effort to cut out high fat foods |
| 7 | We were n't enclosed long enough for it to become worrying and I got a real adrenaline rush when at one point one side of the passage was replaced by empty space leading to a huge open chamber . |
| 8 | Last week I got a real corker … |
| 9 | Whittingham says : ‘ I got a real stamina bank built up during the summer and , once I started scoring goals , my self-confidence was sky-high . |
| 10 | That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants . |
| 11 | I got a real complex a couple of years ago . |
| 12 | I got a real feeling of class anger and class loyalty , of belonging to a class , even . |
| 13 | Then and only then was I given a real dose of chloroform ‘ for the afterbirth ’ I was told . |
| 14 | I played a real opera singer from the nineteenth century , Nadena Burokhof and I based myself on her . |
| 15 | Eventually I joined a real estate company in New Jersey and did rather well . |
| 16 | Anyway , Alison , that vicar of yours sounds a real attention seeker . |
| 17 | I get a real depth into my voice , but it does n't come out too well in print . |
| 18 | I get a real kick out of it and thoroughly enjoy doing it . |
| 19 | I get a real charge out of working hard and seeing good results . |
| 20 | As far as the first point is concerned , there is I believe a real appeal for many people , not least on Christian grounds , in arguing that the overriding need at present in the U K is for the government , the TUC and the CBI to sit around a table and talk , so that both corporations and unions will change their behaviour and act in the public interest rather than their own self-interest . |
| 21 | I do n't mean that I hope Alan Ayckbourn falls under a bus , but when I see a really good piece of writing I feel a real desire to emulate . |
| 22 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 23 | I formed a real friendship with the transvestite man who owned the house where I lived . |
| 24 | I took a real fancy to her . |
| 25 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 26 | And that 's what I call a real bargain : something that 's an improvement and saves you money . |
| 27 | However , he then faded from the scene and afterwards said : ‘ I had a lot of clutch trouble and I 'm bitterly disappointed for I thought I had a real chance . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Obviously , this was something that everybody in Washington knew about ’ , said poor Fernandez , ‘ and here I was , thinking I had a real secret . ’ |
| 29 | I had a real tan to show off to everyone , when I got home , and that was tomorrow morning at 4.00am . |
| 30 | Chris Christmas day I had a real chest erm and mouth and everything . |