Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I idly noted that a brass plate declared that this bit of garden furniture was sacred to someone 's memory . |
| 2 | But it 's a , it 's a problem that , that you 've put your finger on , and this is why I personally think that a lot of this literature is of such a poor quality . |
| 3 | The trees shook , even the ground beneath me shook , as I suddenly realised that a salvo of heavy shells was passing over at tree height , and everyone — including the prisoners — scattered in the direction of the dug-outs ; the salvo hit the ground a short distance away with an almighty roar , the explosions throwing debris over a wide area . |
| 4 | Reflecting on the most traumatic period of his life , let alone his rugby career , he said : ‘ I just felt like a man reprieved . |
| 5 | ‘ It just grew and grew , ’ Alan grinned as he talked about the development of the book , ‘ I soon realised that a circular including anecdotes to keep former members in touch was not possible , we had given rise to a book ! ’ |
| 6 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 7 | Someone once said that a sign of how civilized a society was is shown in how they treated their old people . |
| 8 | I also heard that a party of girls from Bishop 's Home orphanage school in Rangoon had got stranded at Katha and I was able to send a telegram to Jack Cardew of the Burma Railways asking him to extricate them and get them on a train to Myitkyina . |
| 9 | I also think that a lot of black kids think that this is a white man 's country and , when any little thing goes wrong , a set-back , the first thing they jump on is colour . |
| 10 | erm and I also think that a lot of people are struggling with their own lives and they have n't got time to worry about other people . |
| 11 | In my books I strongly advocate that a rope is carried in the party for use as a safeguard if necessary , or to aid retreat . |
| 12 | I think I think the only thing that I would disagree with there is that I strongly suspect that a lot of tutors in the university , not just women tutors but across the board , really have little idea of the level of sexual harassment that students that female students have identified as being problem in the questionnaire . |
| 13 | Neither did I. I never imagined that a father could treat a dying child as cruelly and wickedly as we later discovered Heathcliff had done . |
| 14 | With only six grades for such a large group of staff , it was not felt sensible , however , to use a system which apparently stated that a post scoring x points was clearly in one grade and yet a post scoring x 5 points was , equally clearly , in a different grade ( all possible scores were multiples of 5 and the range of possible scores was approximately 135 to 1500 ) . |
| 15 | Newspaper reports of a " secret " meeting between Mandela , Tambo and President F. W. de Klerk on Dec. 17 caused embarrassment for the ANC , which later admitted that a meeting had taken place but described it as " a long-scheduled meeting of the working group looking into the suspension of armed actions " . |
| 16 | The booklet took the form of a discussion document , examining the rationale behind curriculum planning , discussing methods of resolving the problems which often arise when a reshaping of the curriculum is attempted within a school , and identifying ways of monitoring progress and of assessing what has been achieved . |
| 17 | This hardly tallies with the sentiments expressed in a letter in the possession of the College in which Coleman , writing on 24 February 1813 , gracefully declined an invitation to become President of the London Veterinary Society : ‘ Gentlemen , I received your letter , and it gives me great pleasure to see so much zeal for the improvement of the veterinary art in Gentlemen , whom any & every Teacher might well be proud to call his Pupils — I shall most willingly grant the use of the College Theatre for the examination and discussion of such points as may be considered by you most important for the advancement of the Veterinary Science … you rightly observe that a number of minds concentrated on one object can not fail to improve any art far beyond the reach of any individual and I have no doubt that the Public will ultimately derive great benefits from your united exertions . |
| 18 | She only escaped when a passer-by heard her screams |
| 19 | This objective is clearly rejected by the majority who apparently consider that a woman 's right to choose should be protected by the criminal law in limited circumstances only . |
| 20 | She finally heard that a dairyman some miles to the south needed a good milkmaid for the summer . |
| 21 | ‘ But did n't you just say that a ship at sea does n't transmit ? ’ |
| 22 | She just knew that a basement room was for sitting in , a children 's ward for visiting , and railway stations had been prime targets for being bombed . |
| 23 | Have you ever noticed that a lot of butterflies have the colour black on their wings ? |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps you also believe that a man is more easily persuaded by a beautiful , semi-naked girl . ’ |
| 25 | In the first instance , the section permitted a chief officer of police who reasonably apprehended that a procession ‘ may occasion serious public disorder ’ to impose such conditions ‘ as appear[ed] to him necessary for the preservation of public order ’ . |
| 26 | In Albert v. Lavin the question posed for the House of Lords was ‘ whether a constable who reasonably believes that a breach of the peace is about to take place is entitled to detain any person without arrest to prevent that breach of the peace in circumstances which appear to him to be proper . ’ |
| 27 | Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data . |
| 28 | She also found that a lot of her time which could have been used to produce more goods was being taken up selling goods , collecting debts and generally doing administrative work . |
| 29 | As soon as he received it , the holy man who now looked like a scarecrow gave most of it away . |
| 30 | Furthermore there were men at Warners who fully appreciated that a touch of the contemporary might lead to good , entertaining , and successful films-A deliberate Warner Bros policy to produce some social films had emerged and this was encouraged by Jack Warner himself , by his chief executives , Darryl F. Zanuck and then Hal Wallis , by a small team of directors and writers , and even sometimes by individual actors . |