Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well I 'll do my best and if er if they 're stuck for somewhere with a leaf then er we 'll send them round . |
| 2 | While some agreements in this area might not endure for long during a war , others might be more effective ( Towle , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | The use of a petrol block on a diesel engine is not a problem as the parts are exactly the same The problem is with the crankshaft The diesel unit is of forged steel and carries a ‘ D ’ stamped on the web of the crank The petrol version , whilst sharing exactly the same dimensions is marked P and it is made from cast iron and will not run for long in a diesel unit — as you have discovered Some military petrol engines however are fitted with the forged steel crank and these will fit and run in diesel units |
| 4 | Subtle but damning variations of idiolect are unlikely to count for much in a country where people go around wearing tee-shirts inscribed with things like ‘ The essence of brave 's aerial adventure : the flight 's academy of the American east club with the traditional gallery of Great Britain diesel ’ . |
| 5 | But he proved , when he joined the illustrious band of Yorkshire bowlers to take 1000 wickets for the county , that experience and craftsmanship still count for much in a game which seems to reserve its greatest acclaim for the lean , young gunslingers . |
| 6 | ‘ Could it be somebody working for Connelly with an axe to grind ? ’ asked Martin Bates , running his finger around the rim of his glass . |
| 7 | It has come about entirely as a result of privatisation . |
| 8 | Various groups act as social as well as literal gatekeepers to the rewards which rural England has to offer , and visitors are allowed through only on a selective basis . |
| 9 | The FRED retains the proposal made in the Discussion Paper , which was supported by the majority of respondents , that convertible debt should be accounted for entirely as a liability until such time as it is actually converted , in preference to methods which seek to reflect the dual nature of convertible debt as part liability and part equity . |
| 10 | Tickets are £5 before 11pm , £4 after 11pm , and £3 after 11pm with a Smashed ! flyer . |
| 11 | Full line-up at the club , which takes place at Islington Powerhaus on Wednesday nights , is Admission is £5 before 11pm , £4 after 11pm , and £3 after 11pm with a Smashed ! flyer . |
| 12 | The Bishop Auckland inquest heard the accident happened soon after 10.30pm on an unlit stretch of the Redworth road . |
| 13 | He had been reported missing shortly after 5.30pm on a flight from Teesside to Carlisle . |
| 14 | The grim find was made shortly after 9am by a grave-digger who noticed a patch of disturbed ground inside the cemetery garden near the Seafield entrance to the crematorium . |
| 15 | The grim find was made shortly after 9am by a grave-digger who noticed a patch of disturbed ground inside the cemetery garden near the Seafield entrance . |
| 16 | So you can go for longer without a tint . |
| 17 | The improvements in the accident rate have come about largely as a result of increased awareness about safety matters and a developing safety culture . |
| 18 | Although he engaged in some pastoral work in the years after his ordination , preaching and hearing confessions , his time was spent almost entirely in the papal civil service and , until the appointment to Germany for just over a decade , almost entirely in Rome . |
| 19 | She 's been with them now for just over a month , and Angelica has never known a worker like her . |
| 20 | From here you walk north-east following forest paths and tracks for just under a mile . |
| 21 | Okay , working with anybody , just just for just for a few minutes each it 's just because what I want you to experience is what it 's like to continually go over the same thing , I want you to experience that , to continually stick to your guns just experience that okay ? |
| 22 | There was a case in Lothian last year where the health board objected to the conversion of somewhere into a 75 bed registered nursing home and they lost it on appeal . |
| 23 | These men and women always belong to and are made sense of only as a part of the collective — the race , the nation , the state , the republic , the class , etc . |
| 24 | I enclose herewith the principal , duplicate , Copy List of Assize and List of Assize to be summoned in conjunction with the instructions shown below together with a warrant for citation in respect of the above mentioned High Court Sitting . |
| 25 | Keep all the things listed below together in a special first aid container . |
| 26 | Durkheim commented on the difficulty of regarding ‘ an enlightened Catholic of to-day as a sort of retarded savage ’ , but he provided the reminder that ‘ the most primitive religions are not the only ones which have attributed this power of propagation to the sacred character ’ . |
| 27 | Mark Farmer who 's already recorded the fastest lap of just over a 120 miles an hour is teaming up with Robert Dunlop … they ride over six laps … |
| 28 | I sat next to Grant at a private screening of Just Like a Woman . |
| 29 | Out in the yard , Alejandro had turned from the charming rogue of yesterday into a roaring tyrant , bellowing instructions to all the boys . |
| 30 | WITH no obvious metamorphosis , the Diary spent part of yesterday among an organisation called Teesside Women at a ‘ meet the politicians ’ lunch . |