Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I entered Miss Havisham 's room , there was a well-dressed lady sitting with her . |
| 2 | A disheartened army continued towards Taunton where , hearing of the superior army approaching from London , Warbeck slipped away . |
| 3 | The drive to Templeton , her Old Westbury , Long Island mansion , sweeps through a verdant meadow dotted with horse jumps , past an avenue of linden trees ( planted by her uncle-in-law J.S. Phipps in 1906 ) , and on towards a spectacular ‘ moon gate ’ trellisage — Mrs Guest 's own invention — which frames in its circled centre a vista of kitchen gardens , cutting gardens , flamboyant topiary , and the house itself , build of old weathered brick and weather- board in the Twenties Wiltshire Queen Anne vernacular . |
| 4 | A moody silence descended between brother and sister , and after a judicious interval , Belinda painted a smile on her face and joined them , hoping her cheeks were not as flushed as they felt . |
| 5 | On 11 November 1918 , at eleven hundred hours , hostilities ceased and a grateful nation stood in silence for three minutes when , on a railway carriage in the forest of Compiegne , the Armistice was signed . |
| 6 | A grateful Niki coasts towards the finish , with Nelson , a lap down , riding pillion behind him , as though to push him across the line if he runs out of fuel . |
| 7 | For example , a deaf person goes to the theatre and experiences a hearing writer being translated ; or a wheelchair-user finds art gallery paintings endlessly drawn from the shoe-using artist 's point of view . |
| 8 | This was a deaf unit attached to a Central High School . |
| 9 | In addition , there were over ten deaf children resulting from deaf intermarriages , and only two or three from a marriage of a deaf person to a hearing person — this being a deaf mother married to a hearing man , and the deaf mother 's father was also deaf . |
| 10 | We moved through the town and up a hilly field covered with vines before we entered a forest where the branches grew close above the path . |
| 11 | In his mind 's eye he saw a faceless man marching over the child 's body . |
| 12 | The Bridgewater , once the village school , has a pleasant bar decorated by mock pikes ( or halberds , or something ) and warmed by a mock coal fire . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're a pleasant company to work for , ’ he said blandly . |
| 14 | His face was not a pleasant sight to behold on awakening . |
| 15 | Chiswick — including Little Sutton and Strand-on-the-Green — could then be described as a pleasant village contained within a ‘ U ’ shaped bend of the River Thames , just off the western edge of London . |
| 16 | Willesden will be a pleasant dream compared with … . |
| 17 | The Aldrovandi Palace is a pleasant hotel set in one of the quietest areas of Rome with all the necessary facilities for a relaxed and comfortable stay in the city . |
| 18 | The narrow road to Leck goes between buildings and immediately assumes a rural character , reaching the little community of Leck after a pleasant mile graced by lovely trees . |
| 19 | In the resultant Postlethwait audio-tutorial laboratory , open from around 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 pm. , the student could come at a time of his own choosing ; at the entrance he would receive a descriptive hand-out explaining what books , notes , equipment would be necessary to bring along ; once inside he would be given a botanical specimen and would enter a pleasant area equipped with a multiplicity of booths or carrels . |
| 20 | There was still a pleasant Scots lilt to her Voice . |
| 21 | Horncastle is a pleasant town to come to and browse , for it is seldom crowded , even on market days . |
| 22 | Inside it was cool , a pleasant breeze seemed to be picking its way delicately along the corridors , ensuring no discomfort from the outside sun for the inside rich . |
| 23 | It was not a pleasant situation to deal with in a sea like that , but Sam issued his orders quickly and with complete confidence : the sail was lowered , a new sheet bent on , a reef taken , and the sail rehoisted , so that within the space of five minutes they were on their way again , and the Gribbin was drawing abeam . |
| 24 | Standing on the Braid Hills , with a fine view over the city , two miles from Princes Street , off A702 , this is a popular resort for Sunday lunches ( best book in advance ) and a pleasant spot to eat on any occasion . |
| 25 | With so much emphasis on the steroids row it 's been a pleasant distraction to take in a number of excellent Currie Cup matches . |
| 26 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
| 27 | It has since been used on many small computers as a means of implementing a rich instruction set at a reasonable price . |
| 28 | Money mek a Rich man feel like a Big man |
| 29 | The IRA had seen to it that getting in and out of the Party conference building was like a rich man confronted with the gates of the Kingdom of Heaven , or , what was worse , like checking-in at Gatwick on an August flight to Marbella . |
| 30 | Well I remember a doctor and a rich man saying to me , I 'm gon na get out of this place , it 's just like a |