Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need you to cover me fer a couple of hours at th'most . |
| 2 | He could n't think why it had n't occurred to him earlier , as he marched briskly ( after a bit of trouble with the door latch ) out of the pub . |
| 3 | Now , after a century of colonisation from Moscow , first by the Tsars and then the Bolsheviks , the gentle people of Kyrgyzstan , descendants of nomadic herdsmen , are finally standing on their own . |
| 4 | YORKSHIRE 'S unsettled batsman Phil Robinson should find it easier to attract a new county after a change of heart by the Test and County Cricket Board yesterday . |
| 5 | [ It became inapplicable when , after a change of government in 1979 , the Cowan recommendations were abandoned.l |
| 6 | [ They became inapplicable when , after a change of government in 1979 , the Cowan recommendations were abandoned . ] |
| 7 | Four minutes later Raith pulled a goal back when Crawford shot into the net from 14 yards after a lack of concentration in the Celtic defence . |
| 8 | The invasion occurred after a build-up of tension between Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 9 | After a couple of moments of deep breathing , the giddiness receded . |
| 10 | After a couple of glasses of champagne and a hamburger , and under the influence of my friends ' euphoria , I cheered up . |
| 11 | Mind you few customers are likely to care what they 're eating after a couple of glasses of Mulsum : Salute . |
| 12 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 13 | After a couple of decades of comparative calm , the names of Armstrong and Elliot began to reappear in familiar practices . |
| 14 | After a couple of hours of observing in these conditions , shapes and objects in front of me appeared to move , if I stared at them for too long . |
| 15 | I could see Dad was worried so after a couple of hours of hanging about I offered to return to Mary 's . |
| 16 | With the main outage completed and the holiday season pressure easing , TOP Team activity is gathering momentum at Torness after a couple of months in the doldrums , writes Executive Support Manager Mervyn Jenkins . |
| 17 | The relay will usually free up after a couple of doses of light oil in this manner . |
| 18 | After a couple of weeks with her sisters , I heard the false note not just in her accent , but in her voice as well . |
| 19 | But after a couple of weeks around Cardiff and Southampton docks — where there was a similar dry-dock to the battleship dock at St Nazaire — they could each carry out almost every demolition in under 10 minutes . |
| 20 | The decision was made after a panel of judges in the islands concluded that cancer and other illnesses had been caused by the US tests . |
| 21 | AFTER a decade of conflict between councils and the Government , Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , believes it is time to call a truce . |
| 22 | After a rush of taker-overs in the 1950s and 1960s , from Yeovil to Walsall , Charrington merged with the northern-based United Breweries . |
| 23 | New Zealand 's National Party government eased proposed cuts in pensions on Nov. 7 after a storm of protest including marches by retired people , and criticism from its own back benches and political opponents . |
| 24 | Airport officials at Little Rock , Arkansas , were forced to back down after a storm of protest from residents . |
| 25 | Earlier , scrum half Davy Emerson had touched down after a bout of pressure on the Queen 's line , and full-back Trevor McKeown kicked a simple penalty . |
| 26 | The President decided upon military intervention on Sunday , after a weekend of harassment of US citizens , and a year of humiliation at Noriega 's hands . |
| 27 | After a weekend of uproar over reports that the Government intended to by-pass Parliament if defeated on the Maastricht bill and ratify the treaty anyway , Mr Hurd met the Prime Minister , John Major , the Leader in the Lords , John Wakeham , and the Chief Whip , Richard Ryder , at Downing Street yesterday morning . |
| 28 | On 26 July 9am , after a night of wrestling with his conscience , Carter 's brother walked into Wantage police station and announced , ‘ My brother , John Carter , admitted to me last night that he had killed his wife . ’ |
| 29 | What can the Minister tell the people of Northern Ireland after a night of carnage in the city of Belfast ? |
| 30 | Five years on , after a variety of careers in Voice Of The Beehive , The Nutty Boys , satellite TV and A&R-ing , Madness reconvened to discuss promotional tactics with regards to a proposed Virgin Greatest Hits selection and , hey presto ! |