Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven or eight months later a customer booked a holiday , relying on an old unamended copy of the brochure . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 3 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 4 | A few months later a man living in Herne Bay in Kent found a live earthworm in his garden after a rainstorm . |
| 5 | A few months later a shuttle carried Jaq up to a great black ship circling in orbit . |
| 6 | A few months ago a newspaper carried the story of a couple who had created a garden — now to be opened to the public — during the years that they were housebound , caring for sick relatives . |
| 7 | Over the last few months hardly a day had gone by without his name being mentioned in the financial Press , the articles mainly commenting on the swift , ferocious manner in which he was carving his way through the City , ruthlessly gobbling up one company after another . |
| 8 | George Lansbury , speaking at Shoreditch Town Hall in January 1924 , reminded the monarch that ‘ Some centuries ago a King stood against the common people and he lost his head . ’ |
| 9 | For instance , some years ago a patient came to the out-patient department complaining of severe bouts of depression . |
| 10 | He rubbed his chin , ‘ Some years ago a platelayer named Jed Knighton opted out of the rat race and became what I suppose you 'd call a tramp . |
| 11 | Some years ago a man named John Powell wrote a book entitled Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am ? |
| 12 | Some years earlier a train carrying pilgrims had been so seriously held up that its journey had taken twenty-four hours rather than seven or eight . |
| 13 | A few years ago a friend told me that he once started counting them . |
| 14 | I remember a few years ago a lady bought a jumper to the knitting club , displaying it proudly and saying : ‘ it 's just some out of the washing machine ’ . |
| 15 | A few days ago a woman woke up just as she was about to be stuffed with the previous day 's New York Post and varnished with embalming fluid by an undertaker . |
| 16 | A few weeks ago a friend took me back to Dieniolen , near Bangor . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 18 | meeting with the Education Department and Senior English Inspector once a year to account ( financially ) for what we are doing and to try to bargain for what we might get next year … |
| 19 | Soak your nails in warm olive oil once a week to keep them in good condition . |
| 20 | A few moments later a barge hove into view . |
| 21 | At this stage nearly a month had elapsed since the watercolour , so it was important to return to the first study to establish some kind of modus operandi for the oil . |
| 22 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 23 | Some time later a creditor did succeed in having him removed to a sponging house , where friends subscribed £500 to make life more bearable for him . |
| 24 | Only 100 years ago a zoo meant a series of caged animals set up exclusively for recreation . |
| 25 | a hundred and fifty crackers just a letter addressed |
| 26 | Suzanne , my wife , who had just had a baby , drove three hours twice a day to see me . |
| 27 | Three months ago a worker died and another was badly injured when a lorry ploughed into them on the hard shoulder . |
| 28 | Three days later a wind came up and revived the fire which spread to and damaged the plaintiff 's land . |
| 29 | In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory . |
| 30 | Three years later a locomotive crashed , and they were called in to rebuild it . |