Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British .
2 Chris only has to go to see his wife once a week in that cottage hospital and we 're able to meet quite often now . ’
3 Posts with the Trade Union Congress include regional branch chairman and he has served on the national executive .
4 If the vendor has the benefit of warranties given as a result of that eariler acquisition and they are assignable , then the purchaser could seek such an assignment .
5 One child was flung over the eight foot fence and he was in and out of hospital four times .
6 One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis .
7 Combine this with a padded tongue and further support around the lower foot area and you end up with a darn comfy shoe .
8 Erm and so even if we had a full employment situation , we would still need an economic bonus strategy and I know the Conservatives wo n't agree with that , they were very reluctant the last administration to think about economic developments at all but , er eventually they realised the recession was quite er , quite serious .
9 Special classes usually have the advantage of lower teacher-pupil ratios and it is therefore easier for teachers to organise activities in which the child 's level of participation in social and communicative activities can be carefully monitored and adapted to suit existing abilities .
10 Lot a hundred and twenty six snuff box there it is now showing in a painted tin case and I have five hundred offered for this five hundred and fifty , six hundred six fifty , seven hundred and fifty , eight hundred eight hundred pounds , any more ?
11 These orders fulfil that bear minimum and it will be left to others to do that job well .
12 Erm polyandry 's the last type of example , he has one erm many males and one female and with this system the differences between the sexes is the first and er males that do their larger parental investment females and it 's a very rare .
13 Identical meals were prepared for each study day and they were eaten within 30 minutes of serving .
14 Turn down that side bit and it 'll bring you to the swimming baths .
15 Born free , oh by the way I went to that study centre , I went to that study centre and she looked at it she asked me what spilt over it and she said oh it 's still readable and she said well done for coming to er
16 Dorothea had often wondered about the crumbs , whether they stored them up in some kitchen jar and you got them , months later , coating your fish .
17 You get some kitchen paper and I 'll bleed it .
18 Obviously another trick question and I was still fumbling with words when Swartz said ‘ Baghetti ’ .
19 Before the easter holidays you gave , I gave you this kind list and I do n't know if you did or it not because I was n't here last week .
20 make a pudding , no I think I 'll make some little , I 've got some oat meal and you do n't like the porridge from it so I 'll make some little
21 Not because she could n't lose weight but because she enjoyed coming along for a weekly work-out session and it helped to keep her weight in check .
22 Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had .
23 There 's also want more money to cheapest in the country and I say good and I hope we can fit it in this budget time and I hope we all support this , for this .
24 For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back .
25 Her last patient was an old Labrador bitch and it was quite obvious that an urgent operation was called for .
26 and this chap said erm he said , I 'm sorry to trouble you we 've sent you an invitation to come to this building thing and I sa
27 I did the er there was a an ambulance came down the road in front of a bus you see , and a chap which was on the cor , side the road and he he went like this so I stopped and the ambulance came round and turned into this building site and I and while we were sitting there bang !
28 it was very clever , I watched the first couple because people who like Harry Enfield 's comic characters switched on , just to see what he was like and before you knew it you were twenty minutes into a half hour programme and you stuck with it to the end .
29 They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast !
30 The last time I was offered them was at a Free Kirk soiree and I was careful to keep my fingers to myself until after the Grace .
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