Example sentences of "a [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times had Tabitha heard , in casual conversation in some dorm , some station bar , from pilots who had found their craft taking a route they had never intended , never charted ? |
| 2 | By such a route they might escape from the niches of their birth , and gain access to something better — to better weapons , possibly to some real food different from synthcake and synthgruel . |
| 3 | It was a route she chose originally because she did not have enough capital to expand at the rate business demanded . |
| 4 | I could n't tell her mine was n't a route she 'd stand much chance of following . |
| 5 | A route she had been forced to follow , never quite closing the gap , though it narrowed all the time . |
| 6 | Pam Ashton will take the Trans Pennine Trail , a route she is helping to establish , which stretches from Southport to Hornsea on the east coast . |
| 7 | After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy . |
| 8 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
| 9 | We asked if Royal Jordanian could help fly parts from New York to Bangkok , a route it operates . |
| 10 | There was no way I could hope to keep up with him through the tunnel ( a route I highly recommend if you want to lose a tail ) as there were just too many imponderable lane changes and toll booth stops , so I U-turned where I should n't and headed back . |
| 11 | There may be occasions when a payment you are expecting is delayed and you suddenly need funds to cover the resultant cash shortage . |
| 12 | For instance , to record a payment you 've made , you fill out a cheque onscreen . |
| 13 | like a G they will join up in exactly the same way next time he does it , even to the same letter |
| 14 | And I will be bold to say I am honest , though poor , and if you was a prince it would not be otherwise . |
| 15 | Davenant himself called The Siege ‘ a Representation by the art of Prospective in Scenes , And the Story sung in Recitative Musick ’ , a variety he describes as ‘ unpractis 'd here ; though of great reputation amongst other Nations ’ . |
| 16 | Music and dance is the way the story of ‘ Sikulu ’ is put across , and what a variety it offers ! |
| 17 | Because they do n't need leaders Snotties are a good way to spend a few extra points to round off your army — at 15 points a base they 're cheap too . |
| 18 | They were without hot water and numerous other comforts but they had a base they could call their own . |
| 19 | acid and a base and we get salt and water , try alkali and a base you get salt and water so they 're very similar reaction , the base and the acid and the alkali and the acid . |
| 20 | Father Michael 's personal opinion was that if Mr Makepeace had a vocation it was more for Drury Lane than for the Anglican Church . |
| 21 | Gloria ( Perez ) , his girlfriend , wins a lot of money on a gameshow she 's spent her whole life practising for , but Billy bets it all on a basketball game . |
| 22 | Her mistress having died , she adopted us , not we her , about 5 weeks ago , and though our old cat finds her a bit of a trial he does seem somewhat rejuvenated by her presence . |
| 23 | What physical relationship he had with her two brothers and a sister she could n't be sure , but for her , the sexual abuse started at seven . |
| 24 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 25 | As a hunter he will die in the forest to become a warrior ; as a warrior he will die in battle , and be resurrected to become a sage . |
| 26 | She complements it with vocal caricatures of the monstrous and a keening she calls a ‘ vengeful mourning cry ’ . |
| 27 | Cheap repairing a fuse they should be about right should n't it ? |
| 28 | He knew exactly where he wished to slot his explosive , and how long a fuse he needed to give it . |
| 29 | It was not a cradle she was in . |
| 30 | He did n't say anything about ( well-documented ) insults Yeugh directed at the distinguished internationals for no apparent reason — like telling Eddie Gray ‘ if you were a racehorse you 'd have been shot years ago ’ in front of the team — or indeed any of the other eccentric behaviour of the man that got him fired . |