Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] [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 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The youngster has been offered a place in both the Liverpool and Everton schools of excellence . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The motorspeeder had entered a canyon at least a mile wide . |
| 12 | it 's cost a fortune to actually the caravan sited pay out six thousand quid right ? |
| 13 | 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 . |