Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protractors , compasses , rulers , and any other impressive props we could think of — even a film-footage chart , and the monocular ( or half a pair of binoculars ) inherited from our stepfather . |
| 2 | It was more than likely that their hotel room would be bugged and perhaps fitted with a see-through mirror . |
| 3 | It was all happening to him , right there in a see-through plastic telephone nodule in the airport concourse with the crowds jostling and plaintive announcements coming over the Tannoy system , and the orange-juice machines gurgling and travellers humping suitcases about with those peculiarly tense expressions people always adopt prior to a long-haul flight . |
| 4 | There was ‘ Pooper Scooper ’ Watkins , a young woman who insisted not only on picking up her dog 's faeces with a see-through plastic glove , but also on waving it in the faces of passers-by in order to emphasize her ecological soundness . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's one person you meet sitting in a restaurant having a chat , and then that person will go and put on a see-through lurex all-in-one bodice and stand in front of 10,000 people and make a complete cunt of himself and not think about it . |
| 6 | When the paper is viewed on the light box , a see-through view is obtained so that it is possible to see the rough copper track layout , like an X-Ray , in relation to the components . |
| 7 | in a see-through basin ; |
| 8 | Bring a red biro and a see-through bag for your map . |
| 9 | Pauline , the highlight of whose round was the eagle with which she followed a wind-tossed triple-bogey at the 12th , brought news of how she had been attacked by a couple of bitches . |
| 10 | Roberta Junk do sound like a wacky tip for the top ! |
| 11 | Roberta Junk do sound like a wacky tip for the top ! |
| 12 | There is a wacky feel but perhaps you have to see them live . |
| 13 | They rang ‘ Kelly ’ as the show was being transmitted with a wacky tale of how the lights in their house had suddenly began flickering and a music carousel started playing . |
| 14 | SUPERSTAR Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to appear in a wacky movie spoof of his own career . |
| 15 | He had a high-rolling joint on the SS Nocturne , a ship anchored outside the limits , and some nasty rumours had floated back on the tides along with a well-dressed corpse or two . |
| 16 | ‘ Peter Mayle , you know the man who writes about his life in Provence , says that the best starter in the world is strips of foie gras , lightly fried in butter and dropped into a well-dressed salad . ’ |
| 17 | Only once , last autumn , had there been an unnerving lift , a well-dressed man in a Mercedes , who had wanted Luke to drive on towards Devon with him , had offered him dinner and a night at a hotel , had put his hand high up on Luke 's thigh , and been altogether menacing . |
| 18 | And why was such a well-dressed man using a brothel like the City of Dreams ? |
| 19 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 20 | Are you just a well-dressed dippie , then ? |
| 21 | When I entered Miss Havisham 's room , there was a well-dressed lady sitting with her . |
| 22 | In the earliest versions , which date from 1959 — 60 , Gironella turns her into a sort of rag doll ; perhaps never more than a well-dressed shell , she is now simply a collage of fragments of coarse , torn cloth that appear to be pasted down with thick smears of paint ( Fig. 5 ) . |
| 23 | Dinner is taken by candlelight at a well-dressed table in the elegant dining room . |
| 24 | His sweeping yet detailed glance told her he was thoroughly accustomed to the sight of a well-dressed woman , and she knew that in spite of his compliment he would recognise this dress as the countrified imitation of city fashions that it was . |
| 25 | Walk down the high street of any of Europe 's capitals and you are bound to spot many a well-dressed woman carrying her Mulberry . |
| 26 | He was in his fifties — the only child had been a late arrival — but he exuded physical wellbeing and self-confidence , reminding her somehow of a well-dressed bull . |
| 27 | ‘ The landlord at The Bull in Godstowe saw a young man and woman as well as a well-dressed stranger . |
| 28 | Godwin illustrates a well-dressed mantelpiece ( Fig. 40 ) which somewhat resembles the Toodles ' in Dombey and Son : ‘ the castle on the mantel-piece with red and green windows in it , susceptible of illumination by a candle-end within ; and the pair of small black velvet kittens , each with a lady 's reticule in its mouth ; regarded by Staggs 's Gardeners as prodigies of imitative art . ’ |
| 29 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 30 | Also you struck a whacking blow on his behalf against the sort of people he particularly disliked . ’ |