Example sentences of "they [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 2 | What we discover within this secret part of ourselves is an inner being , a soul , an inner mind , and inner life , an inner subtle-physical entity which is much larger in its potentialities , more plastic , more powerful , more capable of a manifold knowledge and dynamism than our surface mind , life or body ; especially , it is capable of a direct communication with the universal forces , movements , objects of the cosmos , a direct feeling and opening to them , a direct action of them and even a widening of itself beyond the limit of the personal mind , the personal life , the body , so that it feels itself more and more a universal being no longer limited by the existing walls of out too narrow mental , vital , physical existence . |
| 3 | ‘ Very few people in housing need are aware of the legal remedies available to them and how a solicitor can help enforce these rights . |
| 4 | It is great to be around friends who have never had a weight problem and find that I have a lot more energy than them and certainly a lot more breath ! |
| 5 | The rain was making a curtain all round them but not a drop came through the yew . |
| 6 | I asked her whether she felt she could walk past them , giving them as wide a berth as the width of the pavement would allow . |
| 7 | There are also some that are actually innocuous but are seldom eaten for they have taken a rather complicated gamble by copying the colours of poisonous caterpillars to delude aggressors into giving them as wide a berth as the creatures they mimic . |