Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you .
2 Since unc and all the ri are non-negative we must eventually reach a first integer l for which
3 He said after his release : ‘ I am delighted I can now start a new phase in my life . ’
4 When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men .
5 Söll is so warm-hearted you could almost get a tan from the welcome .
6 There I ca n't say that that is right you should never appoint a .
7 Fine I 'll just take a note of that , thank you .
8 By the time we reached Tony it was obvious we would never find a crossing point .
9 And I 'm quite sure everyone would like pay a pound fifty to join this nice society ,
10 If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip .
11 and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that
12 ‘ I 'm sure you could still get a bit of teaching work , you know .
13 As they say in boxing , a good big-'un will always beat a good little-'un .
14 Many works give initial impact through colour , but in order to remain substantial they must also have a physical quality and that means texture .
15 If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open .
16 Dona Teresa tells you that her husband Manoel came home from work sick , his knees shaking , his body weak and so tired he could barely swallow a few mouthfuls of dinner .
17 ‘ His mother says that if he gets homesick he can always find a goose to bring him back , ’ said the Thing .
18 Fear of intimacy , especially with the same sex , overdependency on sex as a source of comfort , resorting to forms of physical and emotional bullying are rarely even noticed in many work set-ups , and it 's unlikely they would ever become a real obstacle to career advancement .
19 unc It is apparent from the first that the vector elements are changing sign ; so we do not reduce a homologous element to unity ( though in general we might periodically remove a power of 10 ) .
20 The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’
21 The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’
22 If you practise in an area where rentcharges are common you 'll also need a few more forms ( see your law stationer 's catalogue or the Land Registry list of official forms ) dealing with these .
23 Julia 's bedroom was now the heart of the house with the family spending every possible moment with her , and although her face was almost fleshless she could always manage a smile to greet them .
24 I mean they put something round the mother 's tummy and they can see the heart beat beating , whereas we , if we wanted to know if the baby was alright and er it was n't getting distressed you 'd just put a , a cloth on the mummy 's tum and put your ear down to it and hear it that way .
25 The match proved beyond any doubt that a good big 'un will always beat a good little 'un , despite Chang 's David and Goliath act in the semi-final on Saturday when he beat , from his tiny height of 5ft 10ins , the 6ft 5ins Croatian giant Goran Ivanisevic .
26 There is a commonly held belief in the horse world that a good big 'un will always beat a good little 'un .
27 Even if ICI 's presence in the US OTC market with its well-known Mylanta and Mylanta II antacids is relatively modest it can still get a good price for these products .
28 As his reputation for making commemorative seats is well known in the area , it is certain he will quickly find a ready market for his work .
29 If we 're very quiet we might just see a deer .
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