Example sentences of "a [n mass] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wave is a fish that always gets away . |
| 2 | He says he saw a fish and then looked at his blade and it had a part missing . |
| 3 | The mention of the put-put brings back memories of trying to start the thing after a long cold night flight — it could be a swine but invariably started eventually . |
| 4 | My advice to agencies : send someone out with a quid or so to buy a magazine before you advertise in it ; or better still , have those editorial folk over for a Gordon 's & Tonic . . . . |
| 5 | He listened to Blanche 's nervous laugh as she agreed a rendezvous but then saw her brow wrinkle as she replaced the receiver . |
| 6 | The first couple of times she 'd arrived at a rendezvous and then lost her nerve , backing out before anyone could approach her ; but then she 'd tried getting herself a little drunk beforehand , and from then on the doors were flung open and she was away . |
| 7 | People , Let's relax for just a sec and not get carried away with talk of 7–0 victories over twenty years ago , a lucky , boring 1–0 will do wonderfully well . |
| 8 | ‘ As the representative of a species that never ceases its overweening boasts of ‘ military conquest ’ , perhaps you should examine your own conversational shortcomings before criticizing mine ! ’ |
| 9 | He burst into the yard , tripped over a duck and nearly fell over . |
| 10 | A college lecture is usually one of a series that ostensibly covers a syllabus , printed in the college prospectus ( although perhaps in an abbreviated form ) . |