Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye ken , ye walk up tae a door and it opens of its ain accord . |
| 2 | ‘ Come indoors fer a minute an' I 'll tell yer . |
| 3 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 4 | HEALTH chiefs have launched an international hunt for a frail anorexic schoolgirl after a warning that she could die unless she receives urgent treatment . |
| 5 | This is usual for the first week after a strike but it would not surprise me if things began to happen later in the week . |
| 6 | Even on the Olympic Division 11 board , the water start is used in strong winds after a fall since it is so much quicker . |
| 7 | She had never found any place in the world intimidating when she was after a story and she had the ability to ferret out facts , an uncanny instinct for the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ she said , ‘ I do sometimes , especially after a day like I 've had . |
| 9 | But Preston found he was scanning the crowd at about the right height for an eight-year-old child , and it was only after a while that he realised he was looking for Uncle Titch . |
| 10 | And yet , it just clicked after a while that she is , yes I do n't know , we became the best of friends . |
| 11 | as much as anything , but it 's only cos you 're writing a letter , and you say oh hello you writing a letter to mum , he says no I killed her to come here , you do n't put your foot in it a big way , but after a while because you know nobody there is nice it really makes a lot of difference people |
| 12 | I turned after a while and they were still wistfully standing there . |
| 13 | It got quite bad after a while and I had to hold hot towels underneath him to get the blood moving . |
| 14 | ‘ He was n't too enthralled at first but he listened after a while and I 've left him thinking about it . |
| 15 | Endill 's hand felt sore after a while and he wanted to ask why he would need words like ‘ pumpernickle ’ and ‘ ourang-outang ’ but thought on his first day too many questions might lead to trouble . |
| 16 | I have seen them leaving Stronsay after a dance and you would still have heard them singing when they reached Papay . |
| 17 | The things she had heard Jack say after a favourite that he had carefully arranged to get well stuffed , as he put it , promptly went and won . |
| 18 | Do n't forget that it 's possible to start breastfeeding again after a pause if you want to . |
| 19 | We can be reasonably sure after a month that they are stranded there . |
| 20 | ‘ I got out of breath drying myself after a bath and I realised I was a bit overweight , ’ said Mervin , who now tips the scales at just over eight stones ! |
| 21 | The old man was paralysed now after a stroke and she supposed that she ought to feel sorry for him lying there in his hospital bed , useless as a felled tree , mouth slavering , only the angry eyes moving in impotent fury from face to watching face . |
| 22 | It 's much more clever to play hard to get , because a man does n't run after a bus once he 's caught it . ’ |
| 23 | The future of Britain 's longest running chart show , Top Of The Pops , was in doubt tonight after a report that it was to be axed . |
| 24 | Heaving over to one elbow just in time not to drown in her own effluent , Jezrael was so involved with her physical self that it was only after a moment that she noticed the base of one wall oozing forward to cover her vomit . |
| 25 | Her mouth closed after a moment and she said nothing . |
| 26 | Starting out for Espero Fray Gary , the warm up area near the campground , we had to use what was left of the road after a landslide and I soon learned an essential fact about climbing in Spain — it 's a great advantage to be able to speak some Spanish . |
| 27 | The majority of the 850 former workers were asked for their opinions after a suggestion that they revert to a festive dinner — the original idea when the tradition was established in 1963 . |
| 28 | I know how much hard work goes into looking after a baby and I just ca n't wait . |
| 29 | Many younger conductors are more exhausted after a concert than I am now . |
| 30 | Top star Scaggs has been playing a Lowden since last year , when it was introduced to him after a concert and he was so taken by it , that he has now persuaded fellow stars Glenn Campbell and Charlie Daniels to buy them as well . |