Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it looks a bit narrow when you splash on Pissarro |
| 2 | They just think it 's a bit odd because you hide in your room all the time . ’ |
| 3 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to , ’ said Zach , ' but I never go to church so it 'd be a bit strange if I sing in it , wo n't it , me not even being a Christian . ‘ |
| 5 | Bit strange when you think of it like that . |
| 6 | Unfortunately he 's still a bit dozy when it comes to starting . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh no , although it was a bit further than I bargained for . |
| 8 | We can make this piece higher if you want to . |
| 9 | He signed the veto aboard Air Force One as he flew from Houston to Washington following his defeat in the presidential elections held on Nov. 3 [ see pp. 39174-76 ] . |
| 10 | This was matched by increasing synchronisation in economic fluctuations such that the crises of 1971 and 1973 reverberated throughout the whole system with an effect stronger than anything experienced in peacetime for nearly half a century . |
| 11 | ‘ Roger , Roger , is n't the human mind ingenious when it comes to plotting the destruction of another being ? |
| 12 | Even in the eighteenth century , when interiors ( and people ) were at every social level a great deal dirtier than they became in the Victorian period , Defoe 's Moll Flanders can forgive a multitude of sins , where everything is ‘ so handsome and so clean ’ . |
| 13 | So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy . |
| 14 | Erm greeting and appropriate sociability fine , you were a little bit nervous so you tended to sort of talk over me a little bit but that 's not a problem , it probably would n't happen in real life . |
| 15 | ( They were agents who would find their work easier if they posed as Catholics . ) |
| 16 | Such a policy is clearly unlawful discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 because it differentiates between men and women , even though it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 17 | Illus.4 shows the opening of Act 5 as it appears in both quartos . |
| 18 | References below to the 1988 Act are to the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 as it applies to the semiconductor design right . |
| 19 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 20 | It is not an exaggeration to say that these kept the campaign afloat when it appeared to be sinking for lack of funds . |
| 21 | New Yorkers , it seems , are a bit soft when it comes to roof-down motoring . |
| 22 | The Plan will also repay any borrowing outstanding if you die during the period of the loan . |
| 23 | and get disk three whether you ask for it or not |
| 24 | He was appointed OBE for his services during World War I when he acted as intermediary between the government and the distillers for the supply of alcohol for munition purposes . |
| 25 | Bear with me for a moment more as I come towards it , while I read you yet more lines from another moment of the portrait , and keep in mind , if you will , from a moment ago , Stephen 's contemptuous review of the holders of wealth and power in Ireland . |
| 26 | For example , you will receive a voucher enabling you to hire an Avis car one grade higher than you pay for — and you can book the car with as little as 4 hours notice yet be assured of your reservation . |
| 27 | In addition to the familiar tail-wagging of a cat in a conflict , there are a number of other tail-signals that indicate the changing moods of the pet feline as it goes about its business . |
| 28 | I get a bit bronchial if I stay in London in the winter . |
| 29 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 30 | I think you need to make that a bit thicker so it divides into two |