Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't matter what I do today , but if Jane when she goes upstairs or Jamilla are in a bad mood or are the wrong people for the job , they can affect our residents ' lives . |
| 2 | Or Wallis 's at a push . |
| 3 | A Bertola Pale Dry Fino or Manzanilla is worth a try and proves that this well known house produces more than the famous Bertola Cream . |
| 4 | At the last , Britain 's ambassador to Constantinople abandoned the encouragement he had been giving the Turks and advised them to go on negotiating , but by this time neither Britain nor France was in a position to withdraw the backing which they had been giving the sultan . |
| 5 | John McGinley made it 3-1 after 52 minutes and Swindon were under a fair bit of pressure . |
| 6 | Less than a year later Rust and Sabrina were on a routine stakeout at the Marseilles docks when they had come under heavy fire from a gang of drug smugglers and Rust was hit in the spine , leaving him paralysed from the waist down . |
| 7 | It certainly slowed me down a bit today , and Matt was behind a bush a lot as well . |
| 8 | His sons Jotan , Orcadai and C'zinsit were in a line to his left , and to Alexei 's right knelt Jehan and Suragai , with Suragai 's Tarvarian son Kadan at his shoulder . |
| 9 | We had indeed , and Denis was in a filthy mood because his motorbike had died on him on the way into Cambridge and he had had to push it five miles back — and he had been taking his temper out on me ever since lunchtime . |
| 10 | CHRISTY MOORE Costello , The Pogues , and U2 are among a hoard of artists quick to declare the Irish folk-singer 's influence . |
| 11 | Last night the hospitals said Jason was poorly and Neil was in a stable condition . |
| 12 | The use made of this resource by teachers , schools and LEAs is to a degree unpredictable , and conditional on other factors , including teachers ' own ideologies . |
| 13 | The vines found on the south and south-east-facing slopes above Tauxières and Mutry are at an altitude of between 140 and 180 metres . |
| 14 | Margaret and Lorraine are among a growing number of women who hope that , by talking about their experiences , they can make society aware of their existence . |
| 15 | Moreover , the cost of maintenance and decommissioning provides considerable business , and AEA is in a good position to compete for the bulk of this . |
| 16 | And Eve 's in a hospital ward with broken ribs and concussion and all kinds of things . |
| 17 | While the Second Crusade was dragging on , Richard 's father Henry II was consolidating his dynastic empire and England was in a state of civil war — which explains why no English king had yet appeared personally in the crusades . |
| 18 | Both she and Ross were in a very sombre , quiet mood when they left the hospital . |
| 19 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 20 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk . |
| 21 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet under Russian control . |
| 22 | RUSSIA and Ukraine were on a collision course last night as President Yeltsin signed a decree that would put the Black Sea fleet into Russian hands , directly contradicting an earlier order from President Leonid Kravchuk . |
| 23 | P. , B. and D. are together with one family , T. and A. were initially together although A. has since had to be moved to a small children 's home , and K. is with a third family . |
| 24 | Chang does n't really talk and Agassi is in a world of his own . ’ |
| 25 | Chang does n't really talk and Agassi is in a world of his own . ’ |
| 26 | Barr and Barnes are among an increasing number who favour vouchers or bursaries topped up by loans . |
| 27 | The French verse which Pamela recites to Mrs. Belville is from Voltaire 's adaptation Nanine ; the first scene between Lady Davers , Pamela , and Belville is from a contemporary translation of Goldoni 's Pamela Nubile ; the first scene between Mrs. Jewkes , Pamela and Mr. Williams is from Giffard 's adaptation and the Italian dialogue is a translation of a Richardson scene between the Countess and Belville . |
| 28 | Late just once because the car would n't start and Sousan was in a panic . |
| 29 | After the enclosed black circle of the night , Sara felt as though she and Matthew were in a large grey room with the blinds suddenly sprung . |
| 30 | Eventually GCCS in London and Singapore was in a position to read all Japanese naval signals , right up to the attack on Pearl Harbor , although Churchill carefully kept this information from the Americans . |