Example sentences of "[be] a row [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had once been a row at Goodwood when the scrutineers rejected Colin 's car because it did n't have a fireproof bulkhead . |
| 2 | These turned out to be a row of haddocks . |
| 3 | There is also likely to be a row over the name Deloitte , which neither party seems prepared to give up . |
| 4 | At the base of these cliffs , almost as if they had been hewn in the rock by men , were three , four or five cave-mouths , chamber-like , as if they were a row of monastic cells in some monastery . |
| 5 | Laid out on a cloth on a stool were a row of bright instruments . |
| 6 | there 's a row of houses right on , by top |
| 7 | IN the office of Jacques Attalli , president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development , is a row of Russian matrioshka dolls , representing the great villains of the 20th century — Saddam Hussein , Adolf Hitler , Joseph Stalin , all the way down to a miniature Leonid Brezhnev . |
| 8 | In Lower Bond Street is a row of thatched framework-knitters ' cottages , of timber-framed construction with brick infilling . |
| 9 | There is a row of stout wooden rods supporting a handrail which runs along the edge of the gallery , allowing the adventurers to lean on it and look down into the Black Pit ( which they wo n't immediately be able to see , of course ) . |
| 10 | There is a row of pews on either side of the chapel to seat two in each pew . |
| 11 | In front of the building is a row of white-painted stones and some cactus-like sisal plants forming a circle around a patch of grass . |
| 12 | Beyond them is a row of pines , and then the backs of more houses . |
| 13 | The immense five-aisled nave is imposing with its 80 granite columns supporting the arches and cornice and , over this , is a row of circular medallions each with its painted portrait . |
| 14 | At one end is a row of tenements , in the middle are stone family houses and at the far end a council-run hostel for people with alcohol-related problems . |
| 15 | The state N1 is more promising than N2 because for each row in N2 , there is a row in N1 with at least as many free positions . |
| 16 | However , there was a row over proposals to put minitrams into the centre of Sheffield 10 years ago . |
| 17 | There was a row over a kettle in the communications room at Alfreton in Amber Valley , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley drew attention . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , there was a row of mirrors on the wall opposite me . |
| 19 | To one side was a row of lights which flickered on and off like something you 'd get |
| 20 | Along one side of the room was a row of doors where nurses and helpers appeared and disappeared like actors on a stage set . |
| 21 | Down the front of the jacket was a row of brass buttons similar to those on his precious army greatcoat , and on each breast was a pocket with two pleats and a pointed flap . |
| 22 | On the wall beside the door there was a row of three electric switches . |
| 23 | Here again , it was easy for the grandchildren to call in frequently : the two houses were both in the same ‘ raw — this ‘ raw ’ was a row of houses . |
| 24 | But accelerating towards us was a row of sharp , jutting , foamy peaks , like a set of upturned shark 's teeth wreathed in toothpaste . |
| 25 | There was a row of whitewashed thatched cottages on the right . |
| 26 | Whitechurch then saw ‘ one shop where a group of female polishers and varnishers were rubbing seat-arms and panels … the upholstery department … a room above , where was a row of sewing machines , worked by steam , and an army of fifty women and girls stitching busily at cushions , and cordings and hand-rests , and the like , while in another room were more of the gentle sex preparing strips of leather for window straps . |
| 27 | There was a row of three , and the middle one was empty and even quite clean . |
| 28 | Dorchester Terrace was a row of tall red houses with sloping slate roofs . |
| 29 | But if it were an ancient castle standing there against the skyline , if what we looked out at tomorrow morning was a row of turrets , we 'd probably be saying how magnificent it is . ’ |
| 30 | Linsdall 's Hospital was a row of almshouses built in 1843 with money left by Pheobe Linsdall of Winestead . |