Example sentences of "[adv] of [pers pn] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , she quickly gave up this approach because Gareth kept tugging the mug handle after each drink , spilling lots of ‘ pop ’ over both of them and the floor . |
| 2 | A single piper marched ahead of him and a party of riflemen in canvas fatigue uniforms swung along smartly behind him . |
| 3 | With a hiss a door irised open up ahead of him and the car slipped through , coming out into a great sunken pit , in the centre of which stood the squatly rounded shape of the interplanetary craft . |
| 4 | The long hours of the night stretched ahead of her and the prospect opened a well of loneliness within her . |
| 5 | I gobbled them down — there was a whole day ahead of me and no guarantee of food — and washed them down with water . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ the other said , ‘ they always used to say , if you 've got an infestation ahead of you and an infestation behind you , always go for the infestation to your side . ’ |
| 7 | We saw Mount Carmel ahead of us and the town of Haifa sleeping in the morning sun below us … |