Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( When a sentence begins with something completely new this usually signals the beginning of a new paragraph . ) |
| 2 | If a friend descends upon you unexpectedly , you just have to hope that whatever you have in the freezer will suffice . |
| 3 | A man materialises beside us so unobtrusively I do n't realise he is there until he speaks . |
| 4 | A spy pays for himself twice , because there 's always the reward when we turn him in . |
| 5 | Or perhaps — such a suggestion rises in me only because I have lain next to the contagious soul of Gustave himself — did he gather it elsewhere ? |
| 6 | That there must be such an imbalance follows from our consistently maintained position that the rational man can never rise above his spontaneous inclinations , merely learn to choose rationally between them . |