Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Anne Rodway , of the BMA 's medical ethics committee , said : ‘ Nobody should be offered a test without comprehensive counselling . ’ |
| 2 | They also " took up the case of Archibald McGreggor , Beadle , of whom an account of a fall from a horse while attending a funeral , a surmise had gone abroad that he was in a state of intoxication " but they found that " nothing could be made a ground of process against him . " |
| 3 | None of the figures on any of the regulatory bodies was exactly a spring chicken , and none could be called a radical . |
| 4 | But since one may suspect that one 'll be thought a fool for having done so , it may be necessary to overact being a fool and murmur ‘ Forget my own head next ’ . |
| 5 | To those that have nothing shall be given a kick in the arse , ’ Moran responded to the luxury of the choices . |
| 6 | Everyone will be given a start and finish time and a small prize will go to the person who finishes in the fastest time . |
| 7 | During the interval everyone will be served a glass of Cuvée Napa by Mumm , a delicious and refreshing new Californian sparkling wine . |
| 8 | Wilkinson added : ‘ No-one can be guaranteed a place . |