Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben got away to a really fast start and there was no heading him . |
| 2 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 3 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
| 4 | Again in the top right-hand section of the map the dominant whiteness ceased abruptly in a line extending down from Danzig hsien to Poznan , and thence to Krakow and across to Lvov , ending on the shores of the Black Sea , at Odessa . |
| 5 | After the Tower Report was published in February 1987 , and the PROF notes revealed that had passed by computer between the characters , the basement became home to a band of five-o'clock-shadowed Boy Scouts delighting in their own secrecy . |
| 6 | Its acreage expanded quickly as a response to demand fuelled by the emergence of the automobile industry . |
| 7 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 8 | The lane near our cottage led only to a farm , the youth hostel poised on the edge of the cliff and a monument to a Welsh poet , put there by his friends . |
| 9 | A low wattage bulb glowed half-heartedly beneath a grubby glass lampshade and on the wall to her right was a light switch , round and brown , and set against an embossed biscuit-coloured paper , fading and patchily stained with damp . |
| 10 | Though outnumbered the Nez Perce fought valiantly in a gallant but vain attempt to reach Canada and to find sanctuary . |
| 11 | Some , of course , had no choice in the matter , and like discarded Members of Parliament moved reluctantly towards an unwanted destiny . |
| 12 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
| 13 | Chris Curran headed home from a Gary Himsworth free kick to seal a 2–2 draw for Scarborough . |
| 14 | Bathsheba moved rapidly behind a tree to avoid him . |
| 15 | Although Stalin died in 1953 and Soviet communism changed gradually from a totalitarian regime into a more conventional authoritarian state run by a collective leadership , the de-Stalinization of Western communism proceeded very slowly . |
| 16 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 17 | He stood back in the street , the rain stinging his eyes , wetting him to the skin , getting in his mouth and eyes ; warm rain , huge hard drops , slicking and sticking the clothes to his body ; erotic , making his heart beat faster in a sudden , squally sexual fantasy ; she would invite him in … no , better yet , she would turn up in the street , having been out , also wet to the skin , she would look at him … they would go in … |
| 18 | Other teeth moved freely in a way that they had never moved before . |
| 19 | As in France under the Fifth Republic , West Germany moved away from a system of political parties based on class , religious and constitutional differences . |
| 20 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 21 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 22 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 23 | Meredith asked curiously in a low voice . |
| 24 | During a night shoot outside the Locarno Ballroom , a leather-clad punk skidded past on a skateboard — pulled by a pair of Dobermanns . |
| 25 | The door from the terrace led directly into a long , somewhat overfurnished salon , cool and dim after the heat and brightness outside , its deep window-sills shaded by closed shutters and crowded with knick-knacks . |
| 26 | The five high-order digits of the key used directly as an address . |
| 27 | The motion-picture industry moved instinctively against a man whose message aroused dissent and , as we have seen , there were critics who could see even as the films were released that they offered humbug and prejudice masquerading as philosophy . |
| 28 | I want them here by two at the latest — ’ Philpott stopped abruptly as a crushing pain seared through his chest , radiating out to his neck , jaw and arms . |
| 29 | Unhappy with this design as well , which he felt looked ungainly and awkward , Cusick tried again with a wider based shape , this time moving the studded circles down from the midriff to the skirt section . |
| 30 | Wilson presents these in a chapter devoted entirely to a discussion of the practices of each of the 12 laudesi companies . |