Example sentences of "[prep] an " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Is it fer an air-raid shelter ? ’ he inquired .
2 I 'm goin' fer an interview , ’ he said with a grimace .
3 AI has received reports that he was sentenced to four years ' imprisonment after an unfair trial by a military tribunal .
4 The police had been asked by the organizers of the vigil to provide protection after an incident earlier in the evening when about 200 suspicious-looking men appeared outside the house where the vigil was being held .
5 That I grow bored after an hour or two .
6 The Lamb , a picturesque village pub closed some years ago by Allied , was reopened in 1989 as a free house after an extensive remodelling — which involved the complete gutting of the original unexceptional but characterful , partitioned interior .
7 After an hour or so the pungency diminishes .
8 However , after an uncomfortable night with hardly any sleep , a rudimentary wash at the station , an hour 's work , a long train journey , a long walk to a day centre for a shower , and then with another long walk ahead of me , the return train journey , a further hour 's hard work and another uncomfortable night , day in , day out — I 'm a sprightly so-and-so but something else on top of all that did seem like perhaps too much of a good thing .
9 So , too , was the odd dandelion seedling that germinated after an airborne invasion of seeds from a patch of wasteland a quarter of mile away .
10 After an accident in which a pilot was killed by a strike , the remains of the aircraft showed the true potential power of nature .
11 After an eight-hour shift we went home — off duty — free men , while they in contrast went to their police houses and were available for ‘ discretional duty ’ , at the call of the system twenty-four hours a day ; proving we were independent free men and they were slaves !
12 Alcohol and phonecalls , after an attack she would not let herself be too sober or alone .
13 After an hour James Menzies came across the bridge from Weem , aggrieved at Cameron for leaving him to sleep late .
14 We are able to resume ourselves after sleep , after an alcoholic stupor , after an epileptic fit , after prolonged coma .
15 We are able to resume ourselves after sleep , after an alcoholic stupor , after an epileptic fit , after prolonged coma .
16 You may be an older person living on your own or in someone else 's home , or a relative or friend helping to look after an elderly person .
17 He or she may recommend chiropody , or visits from a district nurse ; or physiotherapy may be required to help regain mobility after an operation .
18 The changes , announced on 15 August , come after an investigation into BT 's deposits policy by the Office of Telecommunications ( OFTEL ) .
19 The end result was that Tooheys won the day , with most of the drinkers still under the limit after an hour 's soaking .
20 MINSK ( Reuter ) — A thousand people packed the main Catholic church here yesterday to pay tribute to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , a day after an unprecedented protest march through the city .
21 This was privately admitted by senior officers who took over the running of the fund two years ago , and after an inquiry by the Charity Commission more than £3,000 was repaid from regimental funds .
22 Sir George Robey 240 Seven Sisters Rd N4 ( 263 4581 ) Named after an old musical hero , located opposite the old Rainbow , the venerable old rock institution which is now home to a religious sect .
23 After an hour had been lost to rain straight after tea , Tendulkar drove loosely at Lewis and lost his middle stump .
24 Only Said Aouita has beaten Elliott since the Yorkshireman returned to the track after an injury postponed the start of his season until mid-August .
25 At the congress of the Australian Council of Trade Unions in Sydney last week Bill Kelty , the ACTU 's secretary , strongly attacked the pilots : ‘ They are not after an olive branch .
26 They are after an olive tree . ’
27 UNIVERSITIES ' rugby , poised to sign a long-term sponsorship contract , has missed out on an immediate injection of £35,000 after an embarrassing hitch resulted in the deal being kicked firmly into touch by student authorities .
28 Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack .
29 He entered the profession after an apprenticeship at the Jesuit college he attended in Sheffield , where his father , a salesman in steel , had moved from London with his young son .
30 Moon died in 1978 , after an overdose of the prescribed drug he was taking to ease himself out of alcoholism ; Townshend had his own dark periods of excess ; even Entwistle , the quiet , static one , felt inclined to release a solo album entitled Smash Your Head Against The Wall .
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