Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | HEALTH chiefs have launched an international hunt for a frail anorexic schoolgirl after a warning that she could die unless she receives urgent treatment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I question my medical knowledge for looking after a child that fits . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They arrested eighty people after a tip-off that the three-day event was to take place . |
| 6 | BRITISH Rail will be rapped today for not doing an immediate drug test on a train driver after a crash that killed two and injured 500 . |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert has returned to Formula One after a crash that almost ended his career . |
| 8 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
| 9 | He and his colleagues were understandably concerned about the lack of evidence to support the beneficial claims of holistic medicine , but Dr Richards , who thought much evidence could be produced if funds were available , sagely remarked that ‘ absence of evidence is not evidence of absence ’ , a remark that lingered after a discussion that would have been better if longer and better left to the end of this excellent series . |
| 10 | Zamora in Los Angeles is like Murphy in Ireland , ‘ and most of them are just as tough ’ said McCullough 's manager , Matt Tinley after a bout that brought out the best in Wayne . |
| 11 | Finally , on 15th June 1094 , the city gave itself up totally to Rodrigo after a siege that had lasted nineteen months . |
| 12 | In contrast , Alcatel France was having problems after a showdown that involved France selling Mirage fighter aircraft to Taiwan . |
| 13 | ‘ Why , Sarella ? ’ he grated after a battle that seemed to draw itself out to the limits . |
| 14 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 15 | Well , we thought he 'd gone out , but apparently he must have got to the door just as the bomb landed , and the blast blew the door backwards , er the door inwards , knocked me dad backwards and at the back of him we had a cellar , but it went through this , the cellar door and although it turned round before it went down the cellar , he finished up down there because we did n't know this til after a while that me brother wou did n't offer to go out , so I went out think , to find where me dad was you see . |
| 16 | And yet , it just clicked after a while that she is , yes I do n't know , we became the best of friends . |
| 17 | They did n't regain top place until April , after a winter that saw a home defeat by strugglers Chelsea and another 'flu epidemic . |
| 18 | I was ready to chuck it all in after a decision that flew in the face of reason . |
| 19 | The things she had heard Jack say after a favourite that he had carefully arranged to get well stuffed , as he put it , promptly went and won . |
| 20 | ‘ You looked beautiful , ’ he said after a pause that agonized them both . |
| 21 | ‘ He sort of talked me into it , ’ she said after a pause that seemed to have gone out of control . |
| 22 | The sources said he is infuriated with her after a row that erupted last week , and is likely to distance himself from her . |
| 23 | We then had to get back to the car , and after a detour that took in just about all of the countryside , we arrive back at the airport for the flight home . |
| 24 | We can be reasonably sure after a month that they are stranded there . |
| 25 | The association has had calls from hundreds of sufferers after a report that 17 people on human insulin have died this year . |
| 26 | In spite of claims by some delegates that a settlement was imminent , prices suffered a setback after a report that Nigeria would not accept a cut in its output of more than 50,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , compared with the 75,000 bpd which it was reported previously to have offered . |
| 27 | The future of Britain 's longest running chart show , Top Of The Pops , was in doubt tonight after a report that it was to be axed . |
| 28 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 29 | He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light . |
| 30 | But I left the first of her three Sunday night shows feeling vaguely let down after a set that mixed the great with the gaffs . |