Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in the day these westward-looking cliffs were in shadow , and a grateful shade it proved , for the sun 's rays were exceedingly powerful . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was a pleasant chap I thought . |
| 4 | Sergeant laughed , too , and thought what a pleasant thing it was to have a flock of fun-loving ducks for friends . |
| 5 | And what a rich cargo she bore ! |
| 6 | As a rich man it was believed if you commissioned a church or chantry chapel or stained glass windows like these it was a way of assuring a place amongst the the blessed |
| 7 | I think if I was a rich peasant I would be using that to argue that you could take my rented land , it was |
| 8 | I do n't know , I mean if I was a rich peasant I would be |
| 9 | So , so as a rich peasant you 've got doubts about this ? |
| 10 | If you can be a rich woman you would ! |
| 11 | what this a doctor in this policy would have done in terms of delaying diagnosis in the lower risk group patients because clearly the other groups of patients are actually having more cystoscopies performed , but because it 's a retrospective analysis you can not say that you are advancing the diagnosis of er of more frequently occurring tumours . |
| 12 | Since this is also something of a retrospective exhibition we have the much earlier painting of her Rome Studio in 1976 , where in a sequence of flat planes she explores every facet of light and the spaces between . |
| 13 | With a mocking smile she lifted one eyebrow . |
| 14 | As she moved , restless beneath his scrutiny , with a mocking gesture he indicated one of the armchairs drawn up to the flower-filled fireplace . |
| 15 | For those of us who live with a friendly cat it is hard to understand people who suffer from a terror of encountering felines at close quarters . |
| 16 | He spoke publicly about the need for each state to work out its own solution and erm earlier in that year , in fact it 's nineteen fifty seven , I think I said fifty four before , er earlier in that year nineteen fifty seven er Eisenhower said in a speech in r in response to a hypothetical question he said I ca n't imagine any set of circumstances that would ever induce me to send federal troops into any state to enforce the orders of a federal court . |
| 17 | In any event , if you ca n't manage a simpler case you are surely not going to succeed with the more difficult one . |
| 18 | When we lived a simpler life we walked , swam , stretched and climbed as a matter of course almost every day of our lives . |
| 19 | To become a Nutritional Detective you have to know what you are looking for — the signs and clues that will eventually lead you to an understanding of your body 's individual needs . |
| 20 | " Stop talking " can be seen as plain common sense if everyone is talking at once , but if it comes from an over-talkative mother with a shy child it can have serious consequences on the child 's character . |
| 21 | The CNAA had come a long way since 1964 : ‘ from being a shy bureaucracy it has become an important and an innovatory force in higher education ’ . |
| 22 | For years Diana may have been the victim in an evidently loveless marriage , but in the decade since she entered the family as a shy teenager she has learned how to become boss . |
| 23 | Like a department-store Santa she shuffled the kids on her lap : the kids , they did their shift , then climbed off . |
| 24 | Olson suggests that these organizations are sometimes artificial creations required by governments to provide them with a representative body they can negotiate with . |
| 25 | What a lazy creature you are , Charlotte ! |
| 26 | Your such a lazy so-and-so you come on the bicycles . |
| 27 | No , we 're just gon na have a a lazy week I think . |
| 28 | By their nature as a sticky substance they are not suitable to use in very hot weather . |
| 29 | And if I got summat Annie wanted — you know , like a little necklace or a whistle or summat , I 'd just give it to her , and Mum would say what a polite boy I was , and Dad would smile at me , and we 'd all be happy . |
| 30 | But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection . |