Example sentences of "[pron] a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was given them tokens or something like that , it would of been alright , but I , I , I a couple of weeks ago |
| 2 | I learned it from a — sort of friend of mine a couple of hours ago . |
| 3 | The light shows through the membrane-type front panel — which a couple of people here did n't like because they felt it looked a bit cheap . |
| 4 | erm which a friend in London very kindly made for us because we were out with her , her mother |
| 5 | The road followed a wadi , a dried-up river bed , which was green with palms and which a trick of light sometimes filled with water — such mirages are natural and common in the desert . |
| 6 | South 's well-timed play had produced an overtrick on a hand on which a number of declarers actually went down in four spades , and , not surprisingly , the Israeli pair collected a complete ‘ top ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I think we make the most of having a good time , which a lot of bands just do n't bother saying . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we make the most of having a good time , which a lot of bands just do n't bother saying . |
| 9 | we refer victims onto victim support groups , if its a case of rape then their passed on to the rape counsellor 's and also |
| 10 | Fangorn looks long at the two hobbits when they tell him Gandalf is dead ; he does so because he does n't believe them , having seen Gandalf himself a couple of days before . |
| 11 | The king 's son feigns all manner of vice , exceeding even Macbeth — but professing for himself a list of vices so horrible that Macduff is forced to exclaim that if he succeeds to the throne , Scotland will receive a far worse tyrant . |
| 12 | Beside the King and the Archbishop , the Bishops of Paphos and Limassol , the several abbots , the Knights Hospitaller of the Order and the ecclesiastical officers of the Cathedral , stood a thick , black hairy fellow in a battered conical cap with a veil , below which an assortment of robes vaguely Greek and vaguely Coptic did not quite cover the stained brown habit of a Franciscan friar . |
| 13 | Just like to show you a couple of videos now . |
| 14 | ‘ I was in the estate office waiting for you a couple of weeks ago and this firm rang . |
| 15 | yeah I told you a couple of weeks ago . |
| 16 | I think I wrote to you a couple of months ago asking if you could provide a synopsis of the latest information regarding otter movements in the lower Usk area and the likely impacts of the barrage . |
| 17 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 18 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 19 | I owe you a debt of gratitude there . " |
| 20 | In fact , the Port of Rotterdam offers you a variety of facilities so complete that other ports can only dream of them . |
| 21 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |
| 22 | I 'm going to pour you a cup of tea now . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll make you a cup of tea then , ’ she said , and went back downstairs . |
| 24 | ‘ Dr Darnell , ’ he began as soon as he had introduced himself , ‘ I know that Sergeant Channing has asked you a lot of questions already , but in your position as co-ordinator here , you 'll appreciate that your help is very important to us . |
| 25 | er better support and better advice for schools , but I agree entirely with what says , it 's no good having the best advice in the world if we ca n't deliver the er , er , the , the recommendations and one of the things that er has been borne in , on me , when I was sitting on the panel looking at special educational needs that the early identification of the early intervention when there are difficulties which start to arise in schools can save you a lot of money later on and unless the schools have the resources to er , er to meet with the er recommendations which are being made on particular children , then we are asking for trouble there , so that I 'm very concerned about the fact that er , the like , like the early one which was er increase that er provision . |
| 26 | This could save you a lot of work later |
| 27 | Cos th er index-linked gilts were po were we very poor , because against interest rates they did n't give you a lot of guarantees obviously , you know , interest rates were high , index-linked gilts were er already languishing . |
| 28 | I think you should go straight back to bed and I shall bring you a tray of breakfast presently . ’ |
| 29 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 30 | And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’ |