Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peterborough United moved nearer a Third Division play-off place with a 2–0 home win over Bournemouth . |
| 2 | BIRMINGHAM manager Terry Cooper last night sold his son , Mark , to Fulham for £40,000 , four days after a blazing family row . |
| 3 | The flag-draped coffin of Musician Richard ‘ Taff ’ Jones , 27 , one of the 10 Royal Marines bandsmen killed by IRA bombers at Deal , Kent , being carried from the barracks church , St Michael and All Angels , after a joint funeral service for him and Musician Bob Simmonds , 34 . |
| 4 | While France was content for Germany to remain divided , it was concerned about its new neighbour , the Federal Republic of West Germany , not least about the rapid economic growth that had occurred there after a major currency reform in 1948 . |
| 5 | Patrick , who joins Michael and EastEnders actress mum Lizzie Power for a family holiday in Sardinia on Wish You Were Here , was born with cerebral palsy and is recovering after a major hip operation which his father describes as ‘ monstrous ’ . |
| 6 | The UK allows short selling after a downward price movement ( Bank of England , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | The Gulfstream jet crash-landed with him , his wife Kelly Preston , their baby daughter and five others on board at Washington 's National Airport after a mid-air power failure . |
| 8 | DEAN Richards went to hospital for an x-ray on his jaw after a prolonged second-half punch-up as the British Lions beat North Harbour 29–13 in Auckland . |
| 9 | However , it was seven months later , after a prolonged rent strike and a number of symbolic occupations , before the municipal government implemented the agreement , lowering the tariffs by 50% and firing the most notorious crooks employed in the market administration . |
| 10 | Roy , who has been treated for cancer , receives an OBE while Leslie , who is battling back to health after a horrific car crash , becomes a CBE . |
| 11 | THE hit song Lady in Red has taken on a new meaning for Chris de Burgh as his wife , Diane , makes a full recovery after a horrific riding accident in mid-July . |
| 12 | SEARCHERS have found a survivor a week after a horrific plane crash in which at least 30 people died . |
| 13 | A twenty one year old student has been cleared at the Old Bailey of raping another student after a drunken Christmas party . |
| 14 | Outer Space has come to ground at Arbikfini , after a nine month gallery orbit via the Laing in Newcastle , Ferens in Hull , and Camden in London . |
| 15 | These patients are invited to attend the coronary heart risk clinic already in existence at the surgery and after a simple blood test , an exact cholesterol reading is obtained . |
| 16 | Cllr Murphy said that he was speaking out because of Cllr Brooks ' statements to the media after a Labour Party report into the running of the party at constituency , district and council group level . |
| 17 | Many large business houses have a regular room allocation with hotels which can be placed on release after a certain time lapse if not required . |
| 18 | One of the most successful stage acts is making a controversial comeback after a fifteen year break . |
| 19 | Part of the M-forty motorway in Oxfordshire is blocked tonight after a fifteen car pile in which at least one person has died . |
| 20 | John Swain , describing returning to Phnom Penh after a thirteen- year absence , wrote wistfully of the now vanished maisons flottantes ( floating brothels ) and the old Café de Paris cyclo-girls who would coo ‘ Aller avec vous ce soir , Monsieur ’ . |
| 21 | Manager Lennie Lawrence hinted Falconer was in need of a rest after a hectic comeback spell . |
| 22 | AFTER a great Formula VW race at Kirkistown this afternoon Damien Doherty emerged as the winner . |
| 23 | A ROADSWEEPER driver was fined yesterday after a serious road crash on a busy road . |
| 24 | DES Maea , 22 , Oldham 's new Rugby League signing , is in danger of losing his sight after a serious road accident . |
| 25 | Although they were near-neighbours in Hampshire , McMenemy first met Redknapp in Italy when he visited father Harry in hospital after a serious car crash during the 1990 World Cup finals . |
| 26 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 27 | On the tail , lane road , give way to vehicles coming towards you you must not overtake if you would have to cross or straddle double white lines with a solid line on the out of you , erm if you 're within a zig zag area , the pelican crossing , after a normal overtaking sign until the end of the restriction , do not overtake when you can not see far enough ahead , for example , when coming through |
| 28 | The hearing in Belfast today was called after a loyalist remand prisoner , Samuel McCrory , 27 , was refused permission to wear a poppy at a Remembrance Day church service inside the jail . |
| 29 | Like Ingle , Todd will have to box other British fighters , after a European ABA ruling . |
| 30 | After a leisurely afternoon tea , most of the passengers were in their cabins , either relaxing or preparing for the evening 's entertainment . |