Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 2 | At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower . |
| 3 | In 1938 , she asked him where Neville Chamberlain should stand to deliver a speech on her lawn the following week , and she captured Churchill 's tone perfectly as she recalled his advice : ‘ With the shun in hish eyes and the wind in hish teeth . ’ |
| 4 | A high-domed cupola of glass and wrought-iron crowned its roof , and from a flagstaff on its summit the French tricolour fluttered in the faint evening breeze as Chuck and Joseph Sherman arrived . |
| 5 | If you can manage that , and , come out with the right answer , then there 's a pretty good chance you 'll have a smirk on your face the next time the heavens open . |
| 6 | Note : Through an omission on my part the editors did not receive these notes for inclusion in the last Journal . |