Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 19-year-old girl was injured by the stolen car which hurtled up an alley and rebounded off a wall before hitting her and another wall . |
| 2 | With this type of valve ( of which the Garston or BRS valve is the best known ) , there is no moving piston — rather a rubber diaphragm which closes over a nylon seating with the last movement of the float arm . |
| 3 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 4 | A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months . |
| 5 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 6 | That is why in this manifesto we set out a clear analysis of Britain 's problems and our proposals for putting them right . |
| 7 | ‘ I wrote a letter two days ago suggesting a meeting and this morning I got back a curt note suggesting a time . |
| 8 | I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one . |
| 9 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 10 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 11 | While writing this book I carried out a personal survey of the whole sky , using the binoculars which I have listed on page 16 . |
| 12 | In this way she sets out a research agenda for applications-related research which serves a similar function to the spatial analysis research agenda set out by Openshaw at the beginning of Part Two . |
| 13 | For this reason , adultery should be seen for what it has become , an act of sexual conduct which takes on a symbolic character if offensive to the other partner . |
| 14 | On Hong Kong this year it took on a slightly different connotation . |
| 15 | This year I bedded out a few of these house plants in a prominent position in the garden . |
| 16 | In Wales , the ‘ derwyn corp ’ , is the name given to a large , ghostly bird which flies around a house where there is sickness , stopping only to tap loudly at a window if the patient is to die . |
| 17 | Really if we , if we 're not on top of these things , then what we 're saying is that Jehovah is like saying to a high squad who lays out a beautiful meal for us and saying well there you are , it 's yours for the taking and you saying well I do n't feel like that today I 'll just have some chips down the road . |
| 18 | This time I worked out a pattern to my own measurements with correct tension and hopefully with more luck . |
| 19 | After meeting pupils of Maghull High School , Mr Hunt was introduced to Merseyside Tec 's Future programme which sets out a career and training plan for clients . |
| 20 | As a personal trademark we put up a straw model of a short-eared owl made locally especially for us . |
| 21 | You ca n't wait to buy a copy and read some intriguing article you glimpse over a strap-hanging shoulder . |
| 22 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 23 | To his left wing he made out a line of higher hills and headed for it . |
| 24 | Underfoot , last year 's leaves had rotted into a soft mould which gave off a pleasant nutty scent , and small clumps of primroses nestled amongst it . |
| 25 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
| 26 | But it is the description of the neglected grange which brings about an understanding of the depths of her emotion The use of assonance throughout the poem creates the sound of Mariana 's despair . |
| 27 | What about the quarrelling Australian couple who plunged over a cliff in separate vans after a St Valentine 's day row and a chase through northern Sydney . |
| 28 | From his locked cupboard he took out an envelope , which he had received soon after his friend 's death . |
| 29 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 30 | The document was found among the many original musical manuscripts left by Lucien Garban , an intimate friend who kept up a fascinating correspondence with the composer . |