Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We need to control it Bea ; why should those fat cats get rich off our books ? ’ |
| 2 | Footnote for Davidson Room Team : – total for our books and records was £4179.81 . |
| 3 | More English wines are beginning to appear on wine lists as growers become increasingly professional about their production and marketing . |
| 4 | Farmers , generally speaking , like to grow crops and look after livestock rather than sell — and they prefer privacy ; but if they are to make a success of opening their farm to the public they need to be professional about it . |
| 5 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ We were extremely righteous about our drugs in those days . |
| 6 | There is still confusion and doubt and guilt and angst , but there 's nothing small-town or one-dimensional about it any more . |
| 7 | It looked too frail for his hand . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's nowt sloppy about 'im , so let's 'ope 'is work is as good as 'is stride . ’ |
| 9 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 10 | THE DOCTOR : There 's something fundamentally absurd about your attributing reason to a lunatic . |
| 11 | In the five weeks since Perrier , a French bubbly-water company , was struck by a contamination scare , its competitors have been exquisitely polite about its travails . |
| 12 | Do n't worry if it seems rude to leave them out there while you check on them — you can be perfectly polite about it . |
| 13 | She would create something special , something outstanding for her . |
| 14 | To Paul Dubrulle , a thirty-four-year-old French Jesuit serving as an infantry sergeant at Verdun , whose journals are outstanding for their un-embellished realism , it seemed as follows : |
| 15 | The Gazebo has an excellent menu and the elegant Pompadour Restaurant is outstanding for its haute cuisine . |
| 16 | Obviously Wordsworth 's performance in his studies at school must have been outstanding for him to have started off at Cambridge with such a lead , and it is hardly surprising that in the college examination in 1787 he was placed in the first class . |
| 17 | His voyage was outstanding for his persistence and seamanship and in 1833 he was awarded the royal premium of the Royal Geographical Society . |
| 18 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you will only be able to respond to task mail which is outstanding for you . |
| 19 | A cheque for the amount outstanding for our services arrived yesterday . |
| 20 | Killing is something private between me and what I feel . |
| 21 | So she said I think that was damn rude she said she 's just slammed the phone down on Deborah and there 's really no need for that , well she said it 's private between me and Debbie , then we found out she got her a job |
| 22 | Team Scotland 's Ten Pin bowlers were again rampant during their victory in a four team international last October . |
| 23 | I find them ‘ dead ’ in the ashtray or unlit between my fingers . |
| 24 | Montreal Central eventually served the CPR express lines as well as the CNR , but , compared with Toronto or Cincinnati Union , there was something half-hearted about it , despite the trumpetings with which it was received during the war . |
| 25 | It really is very close to being Britain 's number one industry , and will be the world 's largest industry by the end of this decade and to turn our backs on it , or to be half-hearted about it , erm is , I would suggest , foolish . |
| 26 | I thought it might be loud for her , there between close walls , but it was her wish . |
| 27 | People appeared to be very small , and their voices were too loud for their size . |
| 28 | Nos. 34E and 55E were due for their annual inspection , servicing and relicensing , which took place on 15 and 27 July respectively . |
| 29 | Strangely enough , his announcement came just the day before Sir Richard Body 's press conference on his Pig Husbandry Bill , due for its second reading on 25 January . |
| 30 | Mr Clarke yesterday showed no sign of giving ground on the reforms set out in the National Health Service and Community Care Bill , due for its second reading in the Commons today . |