Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I needed a breath of air , or wished to explore Reine , and was out of the attic for an hour or so , leaving him alone there , he became depressed and even a little disagreeable . |
| 2 | The majority of staff — 62 per cent — read all or most of Newsline while 38 per cent read some or just a little of the publication . |
| 3 | After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital . |
| 4 | Each on its own seemed admirable and only a small addition to the government 's total expenditure . |
| 5 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 6 | At the other extreme , many historians believe that the Labour Party had simply inherited working-class support from the Liberals owing to the fact that trade unions had changed their allegiance when it became obvious that only an independent Labour Party would act in their interests . |
| 7 | Aluminium had recently been prepared in bulk by the eminent Parisian Professor Henri Ste-Claire Deville , who became famous as both a teacher and researcher . |
| 8 | From this point moral indignation became more than simply a grassroots phenomenon . |
| 9 | But , back in England , The Smiths felt unsettled and just a little paranoid . |
| 10 | Initially they planned a series of gigs but Mike Joyce fell ill and only a New York Danceteria date on New Year 's Eve remained . |
| 11 | While he realises that there will always be problems in trying to teach anyone a new subject , Reas admits that it was sad to see a keen student being teased by his less keen classmates , but felt hopeful that perhaps a seed had been planted that one day would grow . |
| 12 | The crashing sounds grew louder and then a pair of shoes came into her field of vision . |
| 13 | She died childless when still a minor in 1651 and he never remarried . |
| 14 | In the evening the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us . |
| 15 | There were lots more , there were even one or two who , like Albert ‘ Bertie ’ Gomes , had more than just a tentative grasp of the deadly art of Trinidadian politics and finally there was Uriah Butler , who in 1946 — ten years after he had instigated the oil field demonstrations — led the most successful campaign in the first elections under universal suffrage . |
| 16 | But STV drama boss Nigel Pickard said he wanted more than just a lookalike . |