Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [conj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , after thrashing Widnes and a superb performance in losing at St Helens last Sunday , there are signs the Headingley faithful are about to be rewarded . |
| 2 | He told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ . |
| 3 | Scott , however , was intent on adhering to his stated principles and effectively told Palmerston that a Gothic building was the only solution . |
| 4 | The wheedling tone as well as the now seldom-used paternal appellation told Wexford that a monstrous request was to be made of him . |
| 5 | Mr Thomas , of the Bungalow Store , Stratford Road , Hartlepool , said he believed Jackie and a 16-year-old paperboy who she ran to for help had handled the situation well . |
| 6 | She 's got Satan and a nice room and her record player and all that . |
| 7 | When Ceausescu in 1968 refused to become involved in the Warsaw Pact intervention against Czechoslovakia , and publicly condemned it , the Kremlin was furious , and briefly threatened Romania that a similar fate awaited them . |
| 8 | Where the river flows past the southern edge of the rim wall there is a settlement called Talagaad and a deep harbour . |
| 9 | They had already packed a small suitcase and I was allowed to collect three of my favourite toys , a red handbag , a doll called Arthur and a leather-bound Bible in Pictures . |
| 10 | 2 had raised PTHrP and a poor response after both treatments ( PTHrP levels 30.5 , 78.0 initially and 29.8 , 80.0 on retreatment ) . |
| 11 | Homesickness , the love of a teenage girlfriend called June and a premature belief in his ability had encouraged the young Souness to jump ship . |
| 12 | It has also set up a worldwide value-added reseller and distribution channel to market CA-Unicenter and a new line of Unix products . |
| 13 | It has also set up a worldwide VAR and distribution channel to market CA-Unicenter and a new line of Unix products . |
| 14 | Distinguished artists Benjamin Luxon ( baritone ) , Linda Finnie ( mezzo soprano ) , Robert Cohen ( cello ) and Sir Charles Groves ( conductor ) are generously giving their services free , and the programme with its maritime theme will include Elgar 's Sea Pictures , Stanford 's Songs of the Sea , Arne 's Rule Britannia and a unique performance of Lord Berner 's The Triumph of Neptune , from his famous ballet for the Diaghilev company . |
| 15 | Victory over sporting Lisbon and a successful signing of Lou McCarie as new manager , will give the Celtic directors breathing space to iron out their difficulties . |
| 16 | The majority of the rebels were of the Tutsi ethnic group , who had ruled Rwanda until a bloody revolt by the majority Hutu in 1959 forced thousands to take refuge in neighbouring states . |
| 17 | They proceeded to apprehend Willis and a fellow partygoer and dragged them screaming and kicking to the squad car . |
| 18 | His life is changed when a London lawyer , Jaggers , tells Pip that a mysterious benefactor has provided money to make him a gentleman with ‘ great expectations ’ . |
| 19 | Tourists should have to sign a declaration that they are healthy and will leave Britain if a chronic disease is diagnosed and if they are treated their passports should be kept until their fees are paid . |
| 20 | He had helped to entertain Henry and a vast gathering of kings and nobles for seven days at Limoges in February 1173 and had held aloof from the revolts of 1168 and 1173–4 . |