Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye ken , ye walk up tae a door and it opens of its ain accord . |
| 2 | The Danish eluded her but the tone of voice nearer a growl than a polite question suggested she was being asked to state her business . |
| 3 | ‘ Come indoors fer a minute an' I 'll tell yer . |
| 4 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 5 | Although the mobile benefit offices no longer operate , DSS staff do still travel to the office nearest a gathering or festival to make payments . |
| 6 | Although the mobile benefit offices no longer operate , DSS staff do still travel to the office nearest a gathering or festival to make payments . |
| 7 | Instead of having the machine score the various positions that could be reached after one play , it could generate and then evaluate all the positions possible after a play and a reply , or a play , a reply and a counter-reply . |
| 8 | Apply half an hour after a face-pack or facial sauna . |
| 9 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 10 | HEALTH chiefs have launched an international hunt for a frail anorexic schoolgirl after a warning that she could die unless she receives urgent treatment . |
| 11 | Hewlett-Packard Co shares plunged a week or so back after a warning that its fiscal third quarter earnings to July 31 would be flat , and the news that it posted a net of $191m or 76 cents a share , compared with $192m or 76 cents a share last year , suggests that times have become exceedingly hard in the Unix market this summer , and that Sun Microsystems ' weak fiscal fourth quarter ( UX No 397 ) may not have been solely down to product line transitions . |
| 12 | I question my medical knowledge for looking after a child that fits . |
| 13 | Actually , we decided after a bit that there was nothing very sinister about Sun , but that he is just an auxiliary comrade who helps to keep tabs on us , makes sure we do n't get lost in the crowd , etc . |
| 14 | He finishes after a bit and then jumps up on the window ledge . |
| 15 | I get up after a bit and stick the stuff back in my pockets and start walking the way I came in . |
| 16 | They clammed up after a bit and would n't show me everything , but he thinks I put it all in the water hoping Harry would get tangled in it . ’ |
| 17 | He gave up after a bit and just stayed there looking at me . |
| 18 | But it 's all all this is okay , but it sort of makes your brain ache after a bit and to just see something real that relates to it it 's makes it stick in your |
| 19 | Declining per capita income over a prolonged period of time usually results in a change of government , sometimes after a revolution or a military coup . |
| 20 | That is the kind of exploit he might well claim after a drink or two , expecting his audience first to gasp , then to roar with laughter . |
| 21 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 22 | In 1987 , Olivia Channon , 21 , the daughter of former Transport Secretary Paul Channon , died after a drink and drugs party to celebrate the end of exam finals at Christchurch College . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll know more after a scan and a bone-marrow expiration ! ’ |
| 24 | Her teachers and class mates joined with her family to remember the little girl who died after a heart and lung transplant last year . |
| 25 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 26 | The young composer called out of his electronic cocoon after a performance and taking his bows with the other musicians , a rare grin on his sweating face . |
| 27 | Warren Mitchell went around to see him after a performance and was amused — following Burton 's initial reaction to the money — when he grumbled , ‘ You wo n't believe all they give me for this ? |
| 28 | They arrested eighty people after a tip-off that the three-day event was to take place . |
| 29 | This is usual for the first week after a strike but it would not surprise me if things began to happen later in the week . |
| 30 | A man came into her house asking after a neighbour and then for a glass of water . |