Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Cnut 's henchman Tofi the Proud made a grant to Waltham an oral declaration seems to have been followed by the donor girding his sword round the image on a crucifix . |
| 2 | Corporate Culture was founded in London in 1986 , but countered the North-South drift with a switch to Liverpool a year later . |
| 3 | As a result of Seymour an accused is guilty if he did not realise that there was an obvious risk of some personal injury to another . |
| 4 | Blessed by the Holy Spirits the Lord and giver of life midwife of change catalyst inspiration the carpenter pregnant with a piece of God a distributor revealing the truth we abhor . |
| 5 | Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race . |
| 6 | There was a strong chase behind and the leaders never got more than a 25-second gap but they held on to the finish where Scott was strongest up the hill to 21 win by a second with Downey a further 14 seconds back . |
| 7 | I conceive it may do well , to put into each glass ( when you pour the liquor into it ) a sprig of Rosemary a little bruised , or a little Limon-peel , or some such thing to quicken the taste ; or use Amber-sugar , or spirit of Cinnamon , or of Lignum-Cassie , or Nutmegs , or Mace , or Cloves , a very little . " |
| 8 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |
| 9 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 10 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 11 | You 've painted a portrait of Blake a couple of times . |
| 12 | In a cage near Creggan an eagle shook its feathers ; somewhere talons rasped briefly on metal and were still . |
| 13 | At a meeting in July a working party was appointed , with Sir John Lockwood as chairman . |
| 14 | Andover pool was now the centre of southern skating , after a coup at Andover a few decided to stop off at Farnborough and were very surprised by the level skating by the locals . |
| 15 | The little Third Division side caused a sensation at Anfield a fortnight ago by storming into a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie . |
| 16 | And hurrying along on this account that we have here , Ruth , the next morning , she 's given a gift by Boaz a a a , a gift of er , to seal what has been said . |
| 17 | Spritsail had started odds-on for a race at Ascot a week ago , but trailed in a well-beaten last of four behind Tralos . |
| 18 | Just that I saw him on a train to London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 19 | While on a flight from Blackbushe a Seneca suffered an electrical fire accompanied by a very large amount of acrid smoke . |
| 20 | Gemma , 11 , was found alone at a flat in Hammersmith a fortnight after her mother left for a month 's holiday with a male friend on the Costa del Sol . |
| 21 | He was shaking in his shoes , but said as calmly as he could , ‘ You roughed up a man from Belfast a few nights ago . ’ |
| 22 | In 1619 Landi brought out an opera ( see p. 311 ) and a book of five-part madrigals , and the following year a book of Arie a una voce ; four more followed during the period 1627–37 . |
| 23 | Jon is twenty-five and lives in a bus in Stoke-Ash a village near Wetheringsett . |
| 24 | ‘ They held a line on Stanley a lot — Kirk , Eddie Lewis [ the producer ] and Universal . |
| 25 | In a letter to Gould a few months later , Lear , with characteristic self-pity , excuses his poor output : |
| 26 | A lot of Orkney a lot of , I 'm going to sneeze now , a lot of Orkney men use the word , She , |
| 27 | In total contrast to this ancient village is the long stretch of beach , nightlife , bars and bodegas , all of which add up to make a holiday in Mojacar a most memorable and enjoyable one . |
| 28 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 29 | I took a trip into Albany an ’ looked up the architect 's plans of the house an' its estate . |
| 30 | This second charge came because Ramsey had written an article in the Bishoprick which criticized the evangelistic work of Billy Graham , who led a mission in England a few months before . |