Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a small networking job which needs doing quickly in Dr Pankhurst 's room — basically it 's to network in two additional PCs , one of which already has a network card . |
| 2 | The drying of the hydroxyls , each of which normally has a shell of water molecules around it , leads to the shrinkage of materials like wood . |
| 3 | Some of the less trampled beaches have an interesting flora , the seeds of which now provide a food supply for some of the largest wintering finch flocks still to be found in the county . |
| 4 | His manure was not sold ( as Red Rum 's had been ) , nor had his exploits been celebrated in song ( as was the case with Arkle , Red Rum and Dawn Run ) , but his fans were not sold short : there were books ( three ) , video tapes ( two ) , countless portraits , a white rocking horse called ‘ Dessie ’ , sculptures and figurines ( some of which actually bore a resemblance to the horse ) , an official fan club , and even a recorded phone message on which Desert Orchid 's part-owner Richard Burridge would update worshippers on the well-being of their idol . |
| 5 | In which so dashing a physique |
| 6 | On June 27 , playing for Marlow Park against Amersham Hill , Nigel Bruce struck 38 ( five sixes and two fours ) off a John Greenacombe over which again included a no-ball . |
| 7 | Existing comprehensive schools in Coventry , for example , had successfully developed forms of organization based upon the ‘ house ’ — a unit in which a pupil would remain throughout his school career , and to which also belonged a group of teachers . |
| 8 | We note in passing that initially there was no universal agreement about what exactly constituted a group . |