Example sentences of "a pen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Patrick couldni find a pen . |
| 2 | In deference to custom , there was a party in the child 's honour , central to which was a dish of peas , which symbolises the lessening of grief to those who have been in sorrow — never far from the Jewish consciousness , and of particular relevance to this family ; a copy of the scriptures was placed in the child 's hands , along with a pen — how especially appropriate for this child ! — which will have been followed by the usual Talmudic discussions in which , no doubt , Lyon and Solomon will have capped each other 's comments . |
| 3 | Once there , in a temporary safe place , she sat down , took a pen from her bag and wrote in a page of her diary ‘ Means of Escape ’ . |
| 4 | She picked up a pen , and started to write , in English . |
| 5 | A cross-bred boar was reared and fed indoors in a pen , under identical conditions to a domestic pig , and the meats from the two carcasses tasted exactly the same . |
| 6 | They did not even all know each other , unlike a herd of cows , a coop of chickens , or a pen of pigs in communal mud . |
| 7 | Will you fetch me writing paper and a pen , please ? ’ |
| 8 | All you have to do is pick up a pen , or phone and send your first ten pounds . |
| 9 | Mrs Bolton kept her in a pen where , despite remaining in a very frightened state , the little beast recovered and started eating small amounts of hay . |
| 10 | The rash combustion , the pyrotechnic spree of the Electric Warrior reduced by the fond stroke of a pen to mere running-boy torch bearer in pop 's endlessly unfurling tapestry ! |
| 11 | A complete and intentional obliteration of a will or any part of it , so that what was written can no longer be seen , amounts to a revocation of what is obliterated ; but merely striking words through with a pen or altering them has no effect , unless the cancellation or alteration is signed by the testator and attested by two witnesses like a new will . |
| 12 | A large lop-eared white rabbit was in a pen in the tiny back yard . |
| 13 | And when we 've eaten — whatever 's left to eat — I 'd like to have a pen and some paper . |
| 14 | As yet unsigned , Lisa B has several major record companies with a pen at the ready . |
| 15 | Top price in the ewe section went to W L French , who sold a pen of nine reg Poll yearlings at £69 a head . |
| 16 | The next step is to take a pen and put a tick against any item that you feel is absolutely fine , could not be improved upon and should continue as a major part of any healthy diet . |
| 17 | Tammuz sat down in a chair opposite her and picked up a pen to fiddle with . |
| 18 | What cruel irony it will be if my own uncompromising and innovatory integrity should lead me into the mantraps set by the sort of people who scarcely know one end of a pen from another . |
| 19 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
| 20 | Copy of a pen drawing by Paul Klee ( 1917 ) . |
| 21 | Suppose she 'd managed to acquire personal things of Harry 's , his sunglasses , a pen , even a belt , and wore them or carried them with her , as young people do . |
| 22 | He also kept fighting cocks , 20 of them , in a pen not far from my room . |
| 23 | Caucasians , newly-arrived at the airport , were hired by English school operators to teach tired Japanese businessmen how to say ‘ this is a pen ’ . |
| 24 | Not that I care , but it 's handy to be near him , 'cos he 's always got something you can knock off and it 's useful to be able to pinch something of his when the teacher finds you have n't got a pen for the third day running . |
| 25 | In her coat pocket , she had a pen with a little light in it , for taking notes in theatres and other dark places . |
| 26 | He bought a pen , which he did not need , in a small general store , and as he was leaving stepped aside to let Murray pass . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 28 | We are witnessing only the latest episode in that long history , in which geography itself has been remade , and the landscape , now more than ever , is transformed not so much by the efforts of individuals , as by public policy and the stroke of a pen . |
| 29 | He took out a pen and added , at the bottom : |
| 30 | ‘ A pen , please . ’ |