Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of a racehorse d' you think you get for a hundred quid ? |
| 2 | What sort of a gom do you take me for ? |
| 3 | ‘ Every time a cheque bounces it costs me £3 in bank charges . |
| 4 | What kind of a lecher did she think he was ? |
| 5 | If a fault develops you know you can contact us 24 hours a day , 365 days a year … and we 'll get the problem fixed within 24 hours . |
| 6 | Could they sack the shareholder ? i i if there 's a shareholder do they sack him ? |
| 7 | It 's a crime to let them do it , a bloody crime . ’ |
| 8 | A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war . |
| 9 | A cashier thought she recognized him as the man who had done it . |
| 10 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's an absolutely instinctive reaction — if a child falls you pick it up , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ A bloke told us to watch it because there was a police car around the corner taking names and addresses . |
| 13 | There was a harshness on his face as he moved towards her , a determination to make her tell him the answers he sought , and she looked away . |
| 14 | it 's like a cartoon have you seen it ? |
| 15 | ‘ What kind of a fool do you think I am ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Several people who were present say he was n't , and a cabby says he delivered him to the Post on Friday afternoon . |
| 17 | They have a right to feel I owe them something . |
| 18 | But , I , what I ca n't understand is , why all of a sudden does he want her back and see the children , well for over a year he kept her away ? |
| 19 | Not for a moment do I want you to believe unthinkingly in what I say . |
| 20 | ‘ What the hell sort of a job do you think it is ? |
| 21 | ‘ What kind of a person do you take me for ? ’ |
| 22 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 23 | However , a friend says he saw her with refugees . |
| 24 | Only a quarter said they did it for love and just over one in six admitted it was a drunken fling . |
| 25 | With a Standing Order you tell us how much to pay and when . |
| 26 | Yeah , no wait a minute let her tell you what I not mean when he comes over our house I always give some . |
| 27 | But if you overwrite the first twenty factory patches , there 's a procedure allowing you to call them up again anyway ( as per most digital devices ) , so all 's not lost . |
| 28 | ‘ What kind of a woman do you think I am , Li Yuan ? |
| 29 | Like a signal to let you know I want just to talk . |
| 30 | It may be during your first week at work when a colleague asks you to join him or her in a group activity , such as a drink after work with friends . |