Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to cap it all , it had to be on a case as weird as this that they sent him a Substitute Prosecutor who watched his performance with amused detachment . |
| 2 | I complained to Northumbrian Water about this and they gave me a very dusty answer . |
| 3 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 4 | But he was OK and he sent her a big kiss . |
| 5 | But if you imagine when you were about this high and someone gives you a ball to kick and you you fall over and you , Right I 'm not trying that again . |
| 6 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 7 | ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen . |
| 8 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 9 | Who could the woman be , who admired him so much that she sent him a valentine ? |
| 10 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 11 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 12 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 13 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright . |
| 15 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 16 | Erm simple as that if I give you a list of telephone numbers you 're not likely to remember them for long , you might be able |
| 17 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 18 | Er we have n't had to see anybody about that and he sent us a letter saying that he 'd like to see us and we went and he says it there might not be a second inquest . |
| 19 | They have something like 40 players and they are very competitive and very strong and they caused us a lot of problems . |
| 20 | ‘ She had a very detailed knowledge of Enya 's music , and it was obvious that she plays it a lot . ’ |
| 21 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 22 | ‘ Gran would feel a lot happier if you paid her a visit . |
| 23 | Th what Labour would do would be ring fence the money , that 's what Labour would do and I 'll come on to that later if you give me a chance . |
| 24 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
| 25 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 26 | I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys . |
| 27 | Frankly , the general tone of your question is so selfish that it makes me a bit dubious about the prospects of your marriage . |
| 28 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 29 | Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was . |
| 30 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |