Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand that held the rein tightened without even a start , the head that had been inclined easily forward in thought came up smoothly and instantly , every muscle in formidable control . |
| 2 | In 1977 , J. Ekstrand demonstrated that when a healthy adult male weighing 60 kg swallowed 10 milligrams of fluoride , the levels of ionic fluoride in his blood peaked after about an hour to just over 0–4 ppm per kg of body weight ( European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , vol 12 , p 311 ) . |
| 3 | Ray Davis or Peter Sheppard are sent out with any ‘ go-team ’ involved in an investigation of an aircraft fitted with either a flight data or cockpit voice recorder . |
| 4 | Craftsmen laboured for nearly a millennia on intricate carvings . |
| 5 | Selissa Vance 's frantic parents searched for nearly an hour before they found her , virtually unhurt , under a nearby tree . |
| 6 | Small to medium ground-living birds , mostly with sober plumage , sexes alike , and moderately thin bills adapted to both an insect and a seed diet . |
| 7 | The Vimy was too large to construct a hangar around it and so , exposed to the elements , rebuilding work commenced with only a set of canvas screens for shelter . |
| 8 | The step-sisters left without even a change of clothing : ‘ it was acting a novel , being an incarnate romance ’ , as Mary later put it . |
| 9 | There are some great set pieces — a brilliantly evoked highway robbery , with Macheath 's gang riding invisible horses and commandeering a stage coach suggested by just a table and a few boxes ; and a grotesque parade of whores , some of them played by men in drag , in which the ladies of the night emerge through a trap-door like beauty contestants from hell . |
| 10 | Still , that 's what we all go for is n't it , to manfully plough through two foot deep mudholes in our be-trainered feet , to boldly stand in the pouring rain clad in only a T-shirt and to remain under canvas for three days whilst simultaneously holding both the tent and a beer can in a force nine gale ! |
| 11 | Size of establishment was once again significant ( see Table 21 ) indicating that all but two ( 13% ) of the large libraries allocated at least a quarter of a specified staff member 's time to training . |
| 12 | Popular options are repayment linked to either an endowment policy or a pension plan . |
| 13 | Gilt-edged stocks increased by around an £1/8 Marks & Spencer retreated with the rest of the high street pack . |
| 14 | This gradually died out and the feast reverted to purely a village event . |
| 15 | Nearly 70 per cent of seasonal , temporary or casual workers are also part-timers compared to only a quarter of fixed contract workers . |
| 16 | Inflation increased by only a fraction to 3.2% . |
| 17 | Britain 's four-legged champion failed by just a neck to add Europe 's toughest race to her unbeaten haul , but she proved a fighter to the end . |
| 18 | I had to pay to have them work as fast as they did , only I did n't want my friend 's grave marked with just a cross in the sand for any longer than it had to be . |
| 19 | Control of the existing social machinery counted for quite a lot in this battle ; the reformers forced some concessions but failed to topple the existing hierarchy . |
| 20 | Of those 93pc passed with either a merit or distinction . |
| 21 | The Iraqi cease-fire ended after barely an hour . |
| 22 | I saw a lot of old friends , and wore a dashing outfit purchased at perhaps an extravagance in a London second hand shop — but from the compliments , I feel now it was worth it and that , feeling good in it , I will wear it quite a lot . |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 24 | ( The Supreme Court had held flag-desecration to be a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment , but this bill provided for only a $25 fine in cases of assault upon flag-burners . ) |
| 25 | Oxford led by nearly a length at Barnes Bridge , though they could not get away . |
| 26 | Yet the export drive predicted for nearly a decade has yet to happen . |
| 27 | We will have some money left behind not a lot . |
| 28 | Matt Aitken walked into the studio armed with just an idea . |
| 29 | The worry of monetary problems , marketing uncertainties , the weather , etc. , all contributed to the mental fatigue mentioned by quite a number . |
| 30 | Slips , trips and falls accounted for almost a half of all major injuries while injuries resulting from exposure to harmful substances in the chemical industry ( 15.8 per cent ) were , not surprisingly , significantly higher than in the manufacturing industry as a whole ( 5.5 per cent ) . |