Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Barker , who runs a TV and video repair shop in Parliament Road , Middlesbrough , recently called in the police after a customer 's cheque for £22 was returned . |
| 2 | The information provided in this prospectus is correct at the time of going to press , but the course programme is subject to continuing development and the University reserves the right to make changes at any time , before or after a candidate 's admission . |
| 3 | After a century 's diagnosis of the ills of London 's health service many in Britain will welcome almost any prescription that stops 15% of the population consuming 20% of NHS resources . |
| 4 | After a Ploughman 's lunch with his wife Pandora and 4 children , he drove his Renault Espace van back up the lane to their luxury home in Hailey village , saying nothing about his financial situation . |
| 5 | he 's always after a prisoner int he ? |
| 6 | The IDA responded to the charges by pointing out that it had brought Dr McDonald in to allay local fears after a residents ' spokesperson had said that an independent medical opinion could satisfy the residents and noted that this internationally renowned expert had pronounced the factory to be entirely safe . |
| 7 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 8 | He had fallen at least twice on his way home from the New Marske Institute Club after a lunchtime 's drinking . |
| 9 | Having made this decision after a minute 's observation , not only amazed him , it also caused him to relax completely . |
| 10 | He made no further comment about Caroline but after a minute 's silence he said : 'Not a particularly successful dinner party . ’ |
| 11 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 12 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 13 | He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it . |
| 14 | After a weekend 's contemplation , the shadow Home Secretary now says that my right hon. Friend should resign . |
| 15 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 16 | ' The initial shock was distressing , but after a night 's sleep , nature 's chemistry had wrought its miracle and Belinda fell completely in love with her daughter . |
| 17 | Candles and oil-lamps gleamed weakly in distant windows and a torch shone briefly down by the ancient Cross as a link-boy led a gentleman home after a night 's revelry , by the shortest and hopefully , safest route . |
| 18 | She was feeling better after a night 's rest — surprisingly , she had slept well . |
| 19 | This is probably because only the strangest experiences are remembered by people waking normally after a night 's sleep , and the more everyday the dream content , the less memorable it is . |
| 20 | A female was believed to come back after a night 's hunt and give her milk to whichever baby grabbed her teat first . |
| 21 | Countless others dossed down , either in the boiler room or Minton 's studio , after a night 's drinking left them either incapable or unwilling to return home . |
| 22 | He could have been anyone or anything stepping out after a night 's wining and dining . |
| 23 | This morning the 780 employees of Digital in Galway will wake up with a hangover after a night 's mourning and stare into an uncertain future , wishing that some divine intervention could be called upon to extract them from their present straits . |
| 24 | Perhaps after a night 's sleep he 'll be okay ? |
| 25 | Resting after a life 's hard work . ’ |
| 26 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |
| 27 | After a day 's work , it was a bit of light relief to use it . |
| 28 | This was the hub of her universe and here the family assembled after a day 's work , in the coal-mine or ( like Edward 's beautiful elder female cousin ) the local tinworks . |
| 29 | The longhouses were a welcome break after a day 's trek and were a great experience . |
| 30 | He remembered playing a practical joke on Mr Major 's mother after a day 's orating . |