Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I seriously thought of studying English literature — or becoming a cook ! ’ he told me with a laugh , ‘ but then Imperial College London offered me a place in mathematics . ’ |
| 2 | As an example of symbiosis Chris showed us a tangarana tree which has an accommodation with ants . |
| 3 | M. Lévy gave me a third more for the second vase than he had given Jean-Claude for the first one . |
| 4 | Pythons and boas include the largest species known — the Reticulated Python from South-East Asia is probably the longest ( up to 10 metres ) and the Anaconda from South America follows it a close second and is certainly heavier . |
| 5 | The size and price of Sharp 's range of pocket LCD TVs confirm what a nonsense it is to predict large panel screens to hang on the wall are ‘ just around the corner ’ . |
| 6 | BRASH comedienne Roseanne Arnold was for once left speechless when husband Tom handed her a $1 million ( £655,000 ) set of diamond and emerald jewels at a star-studded 40th birthday bash at Beverly Hills Hotel . |
| 7 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 8 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 9 | One day Mike passed me a demo record . |
| 10 | On this occasion Swift brought him a gift of £20 from Bolingbroke . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing really , except that last week Angy showed us a sketch she 'd done of him . |
| 12 | In the same little volume Boulestin gives us an explanation of the old-fashioned French custom of serving a vegetable before the roast — an explanation which contains also some sound gastronomic advice : |
| 13 | And as we heard this morning Jesus told us a parable about a mustard seed , although it 's small it grows into quite a large shrub . |
| 14 | No , a wee baby Andrew calls it a rat dog ! |
| 15 | " There 's something I call a blue-wing , " said Emily , boldly , pleased to be joining in a conversation in which she was proud to see John taking such an active part , " and my uncle Tom calls it a blue-back . " |
| 16 | His elegiac tempo for the largo of the Cello Sonata allows him a sustained outpouring of feeling . |
| 17 | The Local Government union NALGO calls it an infamous act of betrayal to Jamie Robertson , who helped bring in thousands of new jobs to the area following the closure of the railway works in the mid nineteen eightees . |
| 18 | In a stunning leap of logic Torino fined him a further £200 when he failed to take the field the following week against Inter-Milan . |
| 19 | That brute Cullam fetched him a fourpenny one , poor little devil . |
| 20 | John Blockley and Moira Huntly work together in Gloucestershire , Faith Glasgow pays them a visit . |
| 21 | Lyall has n't forgotten how Tottenham supremo Venables gave him a job on the scouting staff after he was sacked by West Ham . |
| 22 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |
| 23 | ‘ Madam , get your son to the telephone at once or I will have Officer Cecil give you a good poking with his over-sized weapon . ’ |
| 24 | Bona-fide occupational health scientists in North America consider him an industry spokesman ’ . |
| 25 | I got it from a guy called Reuben , he was living in Wales and my sister Louise bought me a Joe Johnson with Rip trucks from him for £60 . |
| 26 | For her Christmas dinner Ellen brought her a bowl of oatmeal gruel . |
| 27 | This time Endill drew him a map and pointed out the quickest route back to the main corridor . |
| 28 | For the first time Clare learnt what a passionate woman 's kisses were like , on the lips of one she loved with all her heart and soul , as Tess loved him . |