Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [conj] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy .
2 Not , however , a balanced diet made up of a bit of one and then a bit of the other , but an integration between the two .
3 He died in 594 or perhaps a year later .
4 First recorded in 1960 and possibly an offshoot of the Fishbourne colony .
5 There was certainly no repeat of the violent confrontations which marred the last Springboks ' tour in 1970 as only a group of about 70 chanting protesters stood outside the ground .
6 On Aug. 27 Lord Owen ( who as David Owen had been UK Foreign Secretary in the Labour government in 1977-79 and subsequently a founder and then leader of the Social Democratic Party ) was named as Carrington 's successor .
7 Miss Maton died in 1923 and about a year later I remember that my friends and I were playing in the street when there was a sudden shout from a young man .
8 The engine capacity was reduced even further , to 1½ litres in 1926 but then a Formula Libre , with no engine size legislation , came into force in 1928 .
9 The huge mountain at the far , Pakistani end of the Himalaya saw the tragic massacre of Willy Merkl 's German team in 1936 and eventually a solo first ascent by the legendary Hermann Buhl in 1953 .
10 The ARP warden , out of work since 1930 and now a man of standing with his steel helmet , army-style respirator and dangling whistle , banged on the door of number five pleading through the letterbox with its occupant .
11 Q I have two little daughters , aged two and almost a year .
12 , Thomas ( fl. 1589–1638 ) , land surveyor , was certainly practising by 1589 and possibly a year or two earlier .
13 We were taken out one by one and always a soldier stood behind , the barrel of his gun shoved between the prisoner 's shoulder blades .
14 The envelope was about six inches by four and almost an inch thick .
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