Example sentences of "[prep] a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His do-or-die bid failed when Optiebeurs Felix refused after a desperately close turn into the second fence . |
| 2 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |
| 3 | After a particularly strenuous session of mask clearing , we took off our masks . |
| 4 | After a particularly long photo-session , the photographer wanted one more shot and her patience gave out : ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm busy . ’ ’ |
| 5 | Wait — an even more cherished memory of him is on the set at Wembley Studios after a particularly gruelling day shooting the ‘ Call to Confirm ’ commercial . |
| 6 | Wee Jocky was apparently steaming after a particularly hospitable Hogmanay and played a blinder . |
| 7 | Once , after a particularly sharp contraction , she had a sudden wish to unburden herself to her mother , to tell her that her grandchild had nothing to do with John Carrow , but that its father bore a striking resemblance to Tom Tremayne . |
| 8 | One evening , after a particularly violent fight , when she threw things at him and chased him out of the house , he went for a walk alone through the town . |
| 9 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 10 | In a patient presenting late or after a particularly large overdose recognition of the onset of liver failure is crucial . |
| 11 | Most of us , the slim as well as the overweight , have uttered that plaintive wail : ‘ Oh , I should n't have done it ! ’ , as we pat our far from comfortable stomachs after a particularly tempting feast , like Christmas dinner , and stagger off for the Rennies . |
| 12 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 13 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 14 | One of our hacks reeled home the other week after a particularly intensive study of the behavioural effects of alcohol at the ‘ Three Compasses ’ . |
| 15 | He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar 's Feast . |
| 16 | A compromise was reached whereby all the latecomers were allowed in , spontaneously , in one great gush after a particularly jolly sketch called ‘ Lumpy Latimer ’ , and they could all settle themselves down , remove their shoes , finish their sandwiches and consult the fellow next to them over what they 'd missed . |
| 17 | The boys stood this for as long as was decent , and then , after a particularly heavy blow to the head , the brothers grabbed the Bosnian refugee by both feet and up-ended him over the sand . |
| 18 | Six months ago , after a seemingly blameless life , he began to steal from his uncle , but he was found out . |
| 19 | After a seemingly timeless period , during which he drifted in and out of consciousness , he became gradually aware of where he was and what had happened . |
| 20 | Portadown were relieved to hear the final whistle after a generally low key display . |
| 21 | In June some ballet music for Noverre ( Les petits riens ) and a new symphony ( the ‘ Paris ’ , K. 297 in D ) were performed at the Concert Spirituel : the symphony especially was a great success after a nerve-rackingly bad rehearsal , and Wolfgang celebrated afterwards with an ice-cream at the Palais Royal . |
| 22 | After a notably listless performance , he flew back to Argentina on Monday , along with Argentinian team-mate Diego Simeone , without permission from the club . |
| 23 | Tell the King that you are concerned about the case of Mohamed Srifi , currently in Kenitra Central Prison , Casablanca , who was arrested in 1974 , tortured , brought to trial in 1977 and jailed for 30 years after a blatantly unfair trial . |
| 24 | Historically , engineering has had to distance itself from the sound of metal-bashing , and agriculture has become fiercely scientific and managerial ; while the obvious skill element in medicine and veterinary work only comes after a thoroughly academic grounding ( though it is sometimes pointed out rather unkindly that surgeons evolved from barbers ) . |
| 25 | We all had heaps to eat , particularly the ice cream which we had n't seen since the war began , and came back to Huntingdon at midnight after a thoroughly enjoyable evening . |
| 26 | He put one arm around Jack 's waist and the other , after a barely discernible pause , around Maurice 's . |
| 27 | He was arrested with his wife Vera in 1981 and , after a grossly unfair trial in a ‘ traditional court ’ , where normal rules of evidence did not apply and without defence lawyers , both were sentenced to death two years later on charges of treason . |
| 28 | Then , after a rather casual interview oil my part , I was appointed to the West Riding staff with Rosemary . |
| 29 | They found him under the yew tree and after a rather stormy scene , during which Bigwig grew rough and impatient , he was bullied rather than persuaded into going down with them into the great burrow . |
| 30 | After a rather colloquial account of his rise to the Indian Test team and his heroics since , there follows an extensive gallery of colour photographs to illustrate his story . |