Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange , Gina thought , how much their two countries had in common and how little she had realised that element of kinship before . |
| 2 | ‘ Still , ’ he added , ‘ you 'll have heard that kind of compliment often enough , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 3 | As John Stalker ( 1988 ) pointed out when he retired from the service , he had made the transition and had joined that group of persons pejoratively known to the police as ‘ civilians ’ . |
| 4 | Only a few exceptional women were likely to take advantage of equal education opportunities , though on grounds of utility alone , Mill argued that it was important for this small pool of female talent to be permitted free choice of occupation so that it might contribute to human development . |
| 5 | Have you ever done that sort of thing before ? |
| 6 | Indeed Lukes has very plausibly argued that equality of opportunity fundamentally conflicts with the idea of equal concern and respect ( Lukes , 1973 , p. 126 ) . |
| 7 | Have n't you seen that kind of thing recently ? |
| 8 | Have you done this kind of work before ? |
| 9 | Both Leila and I have done this kind of thing before . |
| 10 | ‘ Have you done this kind of thing before ? ’ |
| 11 | I 've never done this kind of thing before , he thought . |
| 12 | He had done this sort of thing before . |
| 13 | Tony and Matt are both experienced cavers , they have the right equipment , have had a guide to the mines produced by the Northern Association of Caving Clubs , and , more importantly , Matt at least has done this sort of thing before , or as he said , If I remember rightly … " |
| 14 | Mind you , she 's done this sort of thing before . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've done this sort of thing before , have n't you ? ’ he said softly . |
| 16 | ‘ You ever done this sort of thing before ? ’ |
| 17 | The captain , who had done this sort of thing before , did not discuss it and discouraged any of his officers and men from doing so . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've done this sort of thing before ? ’ |
| 19 | He 's done this sort of thing before . ’ |
| 20 | They 've done this sort of programme before , quite often . |
| 21 | He had never felt this power of emotion before . |
| 22 | By a whole series of moves , which were discussed in detail in Part II , the Government has made this form of welfare far less attractive — both in the level of payment , and the terms under which it can be obtained . |
| 23 | I have seen this kind of thing so often , and it will serve as an example to indicate at least five fundamental errors which are extremely common : The principal errors are : |
| 24 | He had seen this aspect of officialdom before . |
| 25 | You know , some pre-literate tribe somewhere , with the medicine men of the tribes meeting an opposing medicine man of a tribe , they would have done some kind of ceremony beforehand . |
| 26 | Two-thirds , however , claim also to have made much use of information routinely available and to have collected information especially for the purpose of the review . |
| 27 | The hot alpine summers of recent years have made these sort of conditions all too prevalent , particularly early in the season when there are masses of spring snow ready to melt . |
| 28 | For one thing , ICI now scrubs the wastes clean and makes money on the products and has also made good use of heat previously going up the chimney stacks . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry not to have made better use of Fontana here , ’ she answered . |
| 30 | Carmen would have made short work of Michael too . |