Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some idiot might have seen a well-dressed elderly gent near the railway line and then you could have been questioned . ’ |
| 2 | For his last session , which was about cannabis , the sergeant brought along a whacking great sample of the stuff which he placed on the lecture bench in front of him . |
| 3 | The final alteration came in 1959 when , at long last , internal WCs serving the staff and pupils were added in a single-storey flat-roofed extension to the south . |
| 4 | Dealings by a connected exempt market-maker in a market-making capacity will not normally be considered within the acting in concert presumptions , but dealings in any other capacity will be ( see para 7.7 below ) . |
| 5 | Spillers pet foods had a resilient first half despite the continuing pressure on pet food margins . |
| 6 | A HISTORIC woollen mill in the Scottish Borders containing the oldest working textile machinery in the world is expected to be rescued from the threat of dereliction within the next few days . |
| 7 | There is a pleasant enclosed garden to the rear offering considerable privacy , and a garage situated close by . |
| 8 | It was a pleasant two-bedroomed house with a long garden running between the school playground and the Shoosmiths ' garden next door . |
| 9 | STRANGE SEAT MATES On one of my planning visits to Washington I sat next to a pleasant young lady on the plane out . |
| 10 | Some of us have actually seen it on better days and a few have actually landed there , finding to their surprise that Fair Isle can be a pleasant green island with a fascinating geological structure and a friendly people . |
| 11 | It was a pleasant sunny morning for the event , the ceremony commenced at 10.20am . |
| 12 | Speaking in this sense did not mean a pleasant filial initiative on the telephone . |
| 13 | He 'd probably achieved it on a pleasant little trip to the Bahamas . |
| 14 | Oak has been given a rich honey-toned stain for a kitchen with a cosy farmhouse feel . |
| 15 | The quarrels and conflicts we have buried within us also possess a rich fecundating power for the writer . |
| 16 | Alongside the item about Sniffy Wilson and the MacQuillan death plot , Holly had ringed a story about Vanessa taking up with a rich young duke after the break-up of her marriage to Wickham . |
| 17 | She does n't understand him , but I do — he 's a rich young man with a beautiful body . |
| 18 | On the drive back he considered whether the man were guilty of something more heinous than drinking champagne with a rich young woman on an afternoon when his constituents might reasonably expect him to be in the House of Commons . |
| 19 | Oriental Night is a rich plum-coloured alyssum with a fairly even habit and would make a good , easy-to-grow substitute for lobelias . |
| 20 | A high proportion of Merlot variety in the blend gives a rich fruity style with a good firm finish . |
| 21 | Clearly the shortcomings of electronic storage , software , and hardware require active intervention if a rich historical record of the late twentieth century is to survive . |
| 22 | Rubra is the darkest pink almond , roseoplena has double pink flowers , and P. amygdalo-persica Pollardii is a rich pink hybrid between a peach and an almond . |
| 23 | The sides and arch panels are sculptured and there is a rich coffered vault under the central opening ( 109 and 160 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Creating a rich musical environment in the home will stimulate a child 's interest . |
| 25 | Although publicly subscribing to the sectarian theses of Kharkov , the party continued to countenance the dissemination of a heretical collaborative policy within the pages of Barbusse 's Monde . |
| 26 | The three schoolmasters upon whom he looked back with gratitude tell something about the boy : ( 1 ) a clear-headed Anglo-Catholic priest with a rasp of a voice who taught classics , Henry Balmforth : ( 2 ) the librarian Burd , a true classical scholar , and the only master in the school said not to know the name of the captain of cricket : ( 3 ) a gentle teacher ( Hayward ) , more expert at moths and butterflies than adolescents . |
| 27 | To make the truffles , break up the chocolate into squares and place in a medium-sized deep bowl with the cream . |
| 28 | Even when we use the GPC rules this must be in conjunction with a maintained orthographic code of the word being processed . |
| 29 | Here the ‘ tune ’ is not merely a luxuriating tonal resolution in the relative major , but a radiant affirmation that the struggle is over ( not for long admittedly ) , and that we have all gained immeasurably for having experienced it . |
| 30 | The Amba is a friendly middle-class hotel in a handy central location , close to the main railway station and airport bus terminal . |