Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I made such an idiot of myself . |
| 2 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 3 | I spent half an hour skiing Don 's bumps , and found they interesting and realistic to ski . |
| 4 | I spent half an hour painting layer upon layer over the hole and went to bed , and in the morning took two hours picking the varnish off because I 'm quite hairy , and then the damn thing moved again . |
| 5 | And I said , or he said , I spent half an hour on the phone , trying to study , he said , she was from Ireland , he said , I could n't understand a bloody word she was saying . |
| 6 | Summoning the last of my energy for one big effort I blew half an ounce or so of Redbreast Flake from the uterine mucosa and heaved forward . |
| 7 | ‘ Who said I had such an idea ? ’ asked Joan innocently . |
| 8 | Whenever I saw her , she always smiled at me , It was as if she 'd got me confused with someone else , someone important Once I had half an hour to wait for a transport . |
| 9 | Plus we , I waited half an hour . |
| 10 | I left half an hour later . |
| 11 | you know there 's not nobody got half an hour to wait . |
| 12 | The Banking Acts 1979 and 1987 respectively established and continued the Deposit Protection Board and the Deposit Protection Fund , from which the board was obliged to pay a depositor in an authorised bank which became insolvent an amount equal to three-quarters of the amount of his deposit , in accordance with section 58(1) of the Act of 1987 , limited to a maximum deposit of £20,000 . |
| 13 | Certainly the grave demeanour which made such an impression upon others — the " sad eyes " and the " deep , sad voice " — was lifted in the company of friends to reveal a playful and often funny man . |
| 14 | A settlor had only to make sure that he chose a word which made clear an intention on his part that a trust obligation should arise in the trustee . |
| 15 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 16 | There were the usual minor excitements : a murder in the churchyard , a few muggings in the back-streets and alleys , and the election of a new Mayor with all the bribery and corruption which accompanied such an event . |
| 17 | As Dr David Starkey has pointed out , James 's palace is today the best example in Britain of that style of royal architecture which had such an effect on the political life of the court . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm still cold , ’ she whispered half an hour later . |
| 19 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 20 | ‘ She was in school uniform but she made such an impact on me I nearly burst my tyres driving along the pavement , ’ Sarah says . |
| 21 | You made such an effort — amusing , entertaining , bright — laughing at hypocrisy and cant . |
| 22 | Another kind of piano-led exuberance comes from the Santo Domingo pianist , Michel Camilo , who made such an impact with his dancing , colourful Caribbean-dominated virtuosity at Ronnie Scott 's earlier in the year . |
| 23 | She phoned half an hour ago to say they were on their way . ’ |
| 24 | But remember you promised half an hour . ’ |
| 25 | The Countess told me that on arrival at the hospital after his death , she spent half an hour alone , sitting by his bed , just talking to him . |
| 26 | In the early hours of 9 April 1989 she developed such an attack . |
| 27 | Never a mention of the one who spent many an hour teaching him the way of things . |
| 28 | Before I could comment , a nurse came to fetch her to see Harry , and she went anxiously , calling over her shoulder for me to wait for her ; and when she returned half an hour later she looked dazed . |
| 29 | I knew , too , that she felt such an excursion would be just a little too unconventional for one of her position . |
| 30 | She had all an Arab 's volatility , added to which was an emphatic unpredictability which was all her own . |