Example sentences of "a [noun] at random " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened it and chose a sentence at random . |
| 2 | ANNE HAD GIVEN up the rational approach , and picked a passage at random . |
| 3 | I pull out a handful at random … |
| 4 | You could , for instance , to select a name at random , call somebody a Kevin and be seen to be especially rude . |
| 5 | These can be an entertaining way of testing yourself , and some of the more sophisticated products can be made to generate batches of questions for a paper at random , just to add to the challenge . |
| 6 | He put out his hands almost against his will , took up one of the mallets and swung it testingly to get the feel of its balance , picked up a punch at random and applied its point , none too deftly because his hands were tremulous , to a half-defined fold of drapery in the nearest block of stone . |
| 7 | He opened the desk drawer and took out a page at random . |
| 8 | Open one of the new novels of the 1950s and read a page at random , and one is reminded of the inter-war comic fictions of P. G. Wodehouse or the early social novels of George Orwell . |
| 9 | I selected a page at random and started reading . |
| 10 | He folded back a page at random and read the chapter heading . |
| 11 | Even though Turtons ' had selected their file indiscriminately from stock to do battle with the French champion , even though the French company had brought over a special engineer to manipulate their product while Turtons ' had picked a man at random from the Sappers and Miners at the Exhibition , the French file had been humiliated . |
| 12 | Merrill opened a drawer at random , took out a file and feigned immediate interest in its contents . |
| 13 | It is a bit difficult to tell what lies in store when one opens a book at random and finds a section on opening books at random . |
| 14 | I entered a studio at random , and spoke to a young man behind a battered desk . |
| 15 | Then after a pause he took a letter at random from the middle of the stack ; he stared at it with an unfocused , an uncommitted eye . |
| 16 | Even in the mid-afternoon there were still copies of most of the morning 's newspapers , and Carson picked up a couple at random . |
| 17 | She took the menu , scowled at it as if every dish carried a health warning , chose a couple at random and handed it back . |
| 18 | He might as well have picked a family at random out of the telephone book and stayed with them . |
| 19 | I straightened up , opened a cupboard at random and took out two tumblers . |