Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little is known of his childhood , though it is said he developed a talent for drawing at an early age . |
| 2 | The hilltop we were aiming for looked like an angry volcano . |
| 3 | Until , that is , he realises what he has done , and feels cross with himself for walking into an emotional trap of his own unconscious devising . |
| 4 | A 65-year-old employee from Saverland , in Clayton Street , Newcastle , suffered a broken nose after struggling with an armed robber . |
| 5 | Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists . |
| 6 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
| 7 | After listening to an eighteenth-century description of their village and its green , one class made a model of the village green as it was about 1790 . |
| 8 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 9 | Three days later we reached Bilen , after travelling across an extensive plain cut up by dry water-courses and marked by low rocky ridges . |
| 10 | LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road . |
| 11 | The home side set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work . |
| 12 | After admitting to an extramarital affair with the niece of a former Cabinet minister the Rev. Allan Boesak , President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches , on July 25 resigned as minister of his local church , outside Cape Town , and as Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church . |
| 13 | Should they succeed , then it is virtually certain they will become involved in an all-Edinburgh final , for Civil Service who have Jonathan Smyth back after playing in an Irish trial last weekend , appear to have the measure of second division Pender Uddingston at Cramond . |
| 14 | Another class , after talking to an elderly lady about life before electricity , reconstructed a kitchen range out of cardboard , and found artefacts , such as an old kettle , saucepan , wooden chair , and so on , to add to the realism . |
| 15 | After talking to an unco-operative debtor on the phone , or having yet another confrontation with the Sales Department , do you feel calm and relaxed ? |
| 16 | Durham county council was awarded an extra £2m. after appealing against an earlier allocation . |
| 17 | She joined the Alresford Surgery ( where she is the most experienced of the team ) , after working as an occupational nurse with Bass at Alton . |
| 18 | The other reason for looking for an approximate solution is that once it has been found such an approximate solution can then be worked upon and modified to give a much better solution . |
| 19 | In a match at Elland Road Wainwright was given his marching orders for swearing after an offside decision — but refused to go . |
| 20 | The crowded conditions they lived in were ideal for passing on an infectious agent . |
| 21 | Haskell was almost immediately criticised , however , for operating on an untheorised assumption of a direct relation between representations of women in the world of cinematic fantasy ( the ‘ dream-machine ’ ) and real women in the world of social and economic relations . |
| 22 | Soon you will find that you are taking more time to act , instead of reacting with an habitual response . |
| 23 | Not being tube TV manufacturers , they do not have the worry of competing with an established product line to win a share of the LC TV market . |
| 24 | The afore-mentioned view of Garmeston that ‘ There is n't a chance of competing on an equal level with blacks ’ would support this . |
| 25 | At the policy committee Coun. Tony Richmond , Conservative group leader , accused Labour of ratting on an earlier pledge to allow the disabled access . |
| 26 | In structuralist theory there is nothing to take over this task , so that ambiguity becomes fully polysemic , in the sense of consisting of an unreconcilable multiplicity of meanings . |
| 27 | Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour . |
| 28 | The justification is that while someone is receiving acute care they have the prospect of returning to an independent life in the community , with consequent retention of personal housing . |
| 29 | OFF-THE-PEG IDEAS FOR TURNING A BLEAK EXPANSE OF PAVING INTO AN ATTRACTIVE CENTREPIECE |
| 30 | Puffer , a nineteenth-century female psychology graduate thinking of applying for an academic post , is told by her college president , ‘ the rumor … concerning your engagement may have … affected the recommendation I sent ’ . |