Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) . |
| 2 | During their second attempt , Saunders and Sustad completed most of the difficulties on a route parallel to the spur . |
| 3 | I think the general feeling of the panel is that if you are committed to a route north of Knaresborough , then we think it 's sufficiently a enough a strategic matter for us to continue the discussion on on it . |
| 4 | Would follow a route east of the existing road , bypassing local communities and leaving A701 as a quiet access road . |
| 5 | The new boards showed about five points with a route number in small figures at each end ( the only place where route numbers were ever shown on South Metropolitan cars ) . |
| 6 | The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business . |
| 7 | Under the charter-party , payment was to be in ‘ cash ’ into a London bank by a Sunday , but the charterer 's London bank did not deliver a payment order to the owner 's bank until the Monday . |
| 8 | With over 60 activities each week , free transport , self-selection buffet ( no , there is n't a treacle pudding in sight ) and a strong staff team , we can provide a responsive and non-patronising service to anyone . |
| 9 | Francis watched a champagne performance from his players as they destroyed QPR , who sacked Francis three years ago this month . |
| 10 | He had come home late the previous evening from a tedious conference to find Sylvie in a strangely seductive mood , a champagne bottle at the ready , her favourite music pulsing through the house . |
| 11 | Mr Nicholas Bragge , for the French producers , claimed that the elderflower drink had been ‘ dressed up ’ in a champagne bottle with the familiar wire top and was being passed off as the real stuff . |
| 12 | She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David , 48 , who then killed himself . |
| 13 | Andy and William are standing on a seat ; Andy leans out over a table laden with glasses , a champagne bottle in one hand and his other arm held by William , who leans out the opposite way to balance him . |
| 14 | He took to drinking almost constantly from a champagne bottle in his hand , while his two girls — one fair , one dark — gave the proceedings a weirdly festive air . |
| 15 | His colleagues broke open a champagne bottle inside the City Hall to celebrate . |
| 16 | As the Ligier team provided Blundell with a champagne celebration in the pits , they wheeled out a giant cake to mark Brundle 's special , if disappointing landmark . |
| 17 | Delighted civic leaders said at a champagne celebration in the city that the decision was a vital boost to Manchester 's challenge to stage the Olympic Games in the year 2000 . |
| 18 | Tomorrow lunch time , local author William Harley will be at a champagne lunch in London , he 's one of twelve finalists in this year 's Ian St James Literary Award . |
| 19 | Laurent Perrier , Harpers & Queen , Shiseido and Harrods cordially invite readers to a Champagne Affair on Tuesday 1 May from 6.15 to 8pm . |
| 20 | At the end of the flight , land on the plains for a champagne breakfast before the leisurely drive back to your lodge . |
| 21 | A champagne glass in her hand . |
| 22 | I guessed that the Scottish sister would probably register the sound of a champagne cork on her infallible antennae from several rooms away . |
| 23 | Suddenly I just could n't stand it any longer and said I 've GOT to push and she came out like a champagne cork at 8.15 a.m . |
| 24 | In the words of one of them , the background noise was so loud that a rifle shot sounded comparable to ‘ the popping of a champagne cork amid the hubbub of a banquet ’ . |
| 25 | The opportunity to win a champagne evening for two at the Good Old Days . |
| 26 | Earl Eubank , 32 , paid for a champagne lifestyle by dealing in crack . |
| 27 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
| 28 | The two were greeted with a champagne reception in a VIP lounge and then taken out to board Concorde . |
| 29 | Engineering seniors will be conveyed , by limousine , to a country mansion , where a major chemicals supplier has laid on fireworks and a champagne supper for favoured customers . |
| 30 | ‘ T is a birthdee breakfast from the Padfields . ’ |