Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that takes courage and I personally like that a lot in him . |
| 2 | ‘ Would I ever do such a thing , Fran ? ’ |
| 3 | But difficult at times to remember why I ever made such a plan , he wrote . |
| 4 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
| 5 | But er I du n no er some other pe they , I always felt such a fool , you know ! |
| 6 | I answered at once that I hardly imagined such an arrangement would be acceptable . |
| 7 | I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury . |
| 8 | ‘ I never heard such a thing ! |
| 9 | I think I never witnessed such a squabble of people rushing into a building . |
| 10 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
| 11 | Breitenstein ( 1980 : 193 ) gives three different senses for have in its use with the bare infinitive : ( a ) I 'll have him clear up this mess ( an instruction ) ( b ) I wo n't have you say that ( a strong wish ) ( c ) I never had such a thing happen to me ( an experience ) |
| 12 | ‘ I never saw such a carry-on . |
| 13 | ‘ I never saw such a union of earth , sky , and sea , ’ Dorothy wrote following one hill-top walk . |
| 14 | I never saw such a fool in my life . |
| 15 | VISITING LADY : I never saw such a face and shape in my life . |
| 16 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 17 | I 'm sure I never implied such a thing . |
| 18 | I recently recounted such a theory when I met Will Shakespeare and Richard Burbage at the Globe . |
| 19 | This facility has been sought by UK businesses and should help traders to be more competitive with their counterparts in other member states , some of which already operate such a scheme . |
| 20 | Or ( as cited above ) , one might hold a particular performance as a ‘ reference ’ , which gradually exerts such an influence that any newcomer simply does n't stand a chance . |
| 21 | If the pilot then rolls out of the turn to fly straight and level he may feel that he is now turning in the opposite direction , and compensatory eye movements which involuntarily accompany such a feeling may blur vision and make attitude checking difficult , with possible disorientation and loss of aircraft control . |
| 22 | They needed the scrupulous professional integrity which nearly proved such a stumbling block to them in this case . |
| 23 | Accordingly , many banks accept consolidators ' air waybills whose text contains a master or first airline air waybill number , and which also shows such an airline 's reception stamp . |
| 24 | Grenada had withdrawn in 1981 from membership of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ( ECSC ) , which automatically granted such a right of appeal , and the government was thought to have deliberately delayed re-entry to ECSC membership , originally scheduled for Aug. 1 , to obstruct this process . |
| 25 | But not the manual steering , which again has such an effect on the driving character of the car that it is impossible to overlook . |
| 26 | In practice , that opportunity will be provided by the resit diet in subjects which currently have such a facility . |
| 27 | In practice , that opportunity will be provided by the resit diet in subjects which currently have such a facility . |
| 28 | If you only worked half a day you got the three shillings Samuel pay you see ? |
| 29 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |
| 30 | Her personal milliner John Boyd , who has been making hats for the princess since she was 16 , said : ‘ She already has such a collection of hats that she does n't need anything new for this occasion . ’ |