Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the look of things , it was odds on he 'd done a runner with either the till , a barmaid or the Christmas Club fund . |
| 2 | We always went out in twos and threes , for obvious reasons , but all the same by the time we were approaching the field we had collected a following of about a dozen . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 4 | ‘ Crusaid has made a donation to almost every major HIV/AIDS project in the UK ’ |
| 5 | The slaughter by Soviet troops of 20 peaceful Georgian demonstrators that year had made a secessionist of almost every Georgian . |
| 6 | A hospital has began an inquiry into how the parents of a cot death baby who were encouraged to cuddle their dead child were given the wrong body to hold . |
| 7 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 8 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
| 9 | The youngster has been offered a place in both the Liverpool and Everton schools of excellence . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've had an impression for over a year now that he meets someone special at these conventions . |
| 11 | Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time . |
| 12 | St Giles 's cathedral nearby is more properly known as the High Kirk , having been formally designated a cathedral for only a brief period during the reign of Charles I. It was here that Charles attempted to impose a High Anglican liturgy , virtually a Mass , upon a Presbyterian society which responded with brawls in the church and outside , still remembered as the Jenny Geddes Riots after a vegetable seller from the market who was reported to have thrown her stool at the Dean 's head . |
| 13 | J.L. Lowes in his book The Road to Xanadu has given an account of how the mind 's vats work . |
| 14 | The motorspeeder had entered a canyon at least a mile wide . |
| 15 | This paper has provided an example of how the self-interest of solicitors is a more helpful way of viewing this group . |
| 16 | it 's cost a fortune to actually the caravan sited pay out six thousand quid right ? |
| 17 | Midlands Electricity has started an investigation into how the fire started . |
| 18 | In view of the recent ’ Dispatches ’ television programme , has the Minister conducted an inquiry into how the police , Customs and Excise and the security services work together and how they share information with other countries so as to reduce the hard drugs problem that each and every hon. Member sees weekly in his or her constituency ? |
| 19 | Khmer Rouge soldiers , who were present in less than half the provincial districts last November , had established a foothold in almost every district by polling day . |