Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of a racehorse d' you think you get for a hundred quid ? |
| 2 | What sort of a gom do you take me for ? |
| 3 | ‘ Every time a cheque bounces it costs me £3 in bank charges . |
| 4 | Lots of users have a need for a simple address book type database and PC Works 3.0 now provides a Wizard to help you set one up to your own requirements without having to go into all the jargon of fields and field types . |
| 5 | It 's such a change to hear someone say what he really believes … . ’ and a warm smile blazed . |
| 6 | Equally , there 's no need to go for a savings scheme which gives you a cheque book if you 'll never use it . |
| 7 | What kind of a lecher did she think he was ? |
| 8 | To this letter I received a reply dated I March which contained some of the most interesting remarks he ever communicated to me , and which is of permanent value in reflecting his opinions on much wider issues : |
| 9 | If a fault develops you know you can contact us 24 hours a day , 365 days a year … and we 'll get the problem fixed within 24 hours . |
| 10 | When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand . |
| 11 | Could they sack the shareholder ? i i if there 's a shareholder do they sack him ? |
| 12 | It 's a crime to let them do it , a bloody crime . ’ |
| 13 | A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war . |
| 14 | A cashier thought she recognized him as the man who had done it . |
| 15 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
| 16 | The fact that such an occupation was un-likely to provide him with a living did nothing to deter him . |
| 17 | This is a key to help you create what you want in your life . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's an absolutely instinctive reaction — if a child falls you pick it up , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ A bloke told us to watch it because there was a police car around the corner taking names and addresses . |
| 20 | She is now seeking a sponsor to help her reach her dream of a place in the 1996 Olympics . |
| 21 | Everything he had done that had seemed at all kind had been part of a plan to make her face her past for his mother 's sake . |
| 22 | Hospital nurses opposing a plan to make them wear their own clothes for work have put off a decision to take action in protest . |
| 23 | There was a harshness on his face as he moved towards her , a determination to make her tell him the answers he sought , and she looked away . |
| 24 | it 's like a cartoon have you seen it ? |
| 25 | ‘ What kind of a fool do you think I am ! ’ |
| 26 | For every miracle in which a saint punished someone flouting his authority , there was someone to do the flouting . |
| 27 | ‘ Several people who were present say he was n't , and a cabby says he delivered him to the Post on Friday afternoon . |
| 28 | He was delighted , therefore , when the following year he was invited to join a Commonwealth team touring India ; feeling he had a point to prove he made plenty of runs , and was invited on two similar tours in the coming years . |
| 29 | How much of a danger do you think there is that we 'll get yet another sea change at the home office and policies on cautioning and criminal justice generally , will be reversed again ? |
| 30 | They have a right to feel I owe them something . |