Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That court had , in fact , subpoenaed a draft copy of the Royal College of Physicians ' report on allergy . |
| 2 | On each alternate beat a hollow appeared in her left flank . |
| 3 | She beat a retreat when she realised that she was going to get nothing further out of him . |
| 4 | Pat Callaghan was just wide with his effort and Chris Copes was forced to kick clear as Steve Hudds beat a header off the line . |
| 5 | A 29-YEAR-OLD Kilmarnock man who beat a nightwatchman to death in Dumfries was jailed for life yesterday . |
| 6 | The suspension loved it ( clonks from the front notwithstanding ) , the body sills and sumpguard slithered over bits where tractor rutting had cut deep , the whip aerial beat a tattoo on the roof and road-biased Semperit tyres found grip . |
| 7 | He beat a tattoo with the door-knocker , and again its reverberations filled the whole world . |
| 8 | Maiden city beauty queen Kelly Craig beat a bevy of 14 leggy lovelies to win the Miss Derry pageant this week . |
| 9 | erm And then we go turn around and beat a league division side three side , or a league division four side with no problem whatsoever ; it 's just inconsistency . |
| 10 | They took on and beat a side currently leading London Division II South — a league above Alton . |
| 11 | Sir Richard , 60 , who beat a challenge from Belgian Gen Jose Charlier , takes over the three-year post from Norwegian Gen Vigleik Eide . |
| 12 | ‘ the world beat a path to our door , ’ said Pearce , ‘ We were supplying the technology and the catalysts world-wide . |
| 13 | Teaching my granny to suck eggs , I am sure , but did you see the last Scottish Business Insider which profiled a number of women ? |
| 14 | The beginnings of a smile lurked deep in his eyes , setting Isabel 's heart racing when she ventured a glance up at him . |
| 15 | He also ventured a definition of hegemony , ‘ the totality of all laws and other arrangements by means of which the leading power of a union of states can give the community the desired direction and the stamp of its own spirit . |
| 16 | To encourage himself as much as anything , he ventured a handful of general questions about Neferukhebit 's activities on the days leading up to her death — questions which resulted in conventional answers , the activities of any rich young girl marking time between the end of her education and the arrival of her husband — for these girls were on the fringes of the royal household , and work such as Taheb did — was taboo to their class . |
| 17 | I know I have to pluck up my courage and tell him that when we made love in Sintra he sired a son . |
| 18 | He assembled , organized , and analysed a mass of authorities , both Scottish and English . |
| 19 | This process analysed a matrix of the returns of n assets for t + 1 periods . |
| 20 | Apparently , a Polish scientist analysed a meteorite and gave its composition , which including undetermined material added up to 100 000 . |
| 21 | She twiddled a strand of her frizzy blonde hair . |
| 22 | Dorcas sat and twiddled a bit of wire aimlessly . |
| 23 | Grant obligingly twiddled a knob , but to no avail . |
| 24 | He twiddled a knob . |
| 25 | The yarn was donated by King Cole Ltd , Yarn-a-Rama , Yeoman Yarns and T. Forsell & Sons Ltd — members also contributed a selection of their own yarns . |
| 26 | ‘ You-thanasia ! ’ contributed a boy near the back . |
| 27 | three-volume collection of short stories , poems , etc. , by various hands , edited and introduced by CD , who also contributed a story , ‘ The Lamplighter ’ . |
| 28 | Well it was part of their course I think , I , they did n't they paid the full cost of it , they contributed a bit , but I think Colin stood |
| 29 | The results of Model Layout Ltd have been brought into account from 1st October 1990 and the company contributed a profit of £11m for the six months to 21st March 1991 . |
| 30 | At the age of 98 he contributed a preface to the biography of Col De Lancey Forth , of the Imperial Camel Corps . |