Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grand Sanctuary was a vast building and stood only a short distance from the palace of Westminster . |
| 2 | The Arab governments and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) rejected the idea of a regional conference and supported instead a UN-supervised international conference on the Middle East , attended by a full PLO delegation . |
| 3 | She wondered how he would be , whether she 'd cope , what she would say , and had just decided to rehearse an opening line when , with a jolt deep in the pit of her stomach , she saw him , weaving through the clusters of people , coming towards her , looking , as always , more handsome than she remembered , dressed in dark , well-cut trousers and a crisp white shirt that revealed just a glimpse of his tanned chest , the strength of dark matted hair . |
| 4 | Currently some 28,000 co-operative farms and 2,600,000 ejidatarios accounted for half of all arable land but contributed only a small percentage of gross national income , and much of the country 's food was imported . |
| 5 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 6 | In his first independent act as king he established his authority on a sure foundation and revealed both a sound political judgement and a determination not to allow himself to be dependent upon a small group of powerful nobles . |
| 7 | Running their corporation according to the ancient precepts of the Talmud , they shunned all publicity and trusted only a handful of associates . |
| 8 | He was a disciplinarian , but a very fair and good man and organized quite a large number of servants , including three footmen and several housemaids and kitchen-workers . |
| 9 | In good English that had only a speck of accent , just a faint edge that you would wonder every time you heard him if it really was some kind of accent . |
| 10 | He was caught on the sciatic nerve and suffered only a dead-leg and an abrasion . |
| 11 | The political anger created by economic fears was diverted by nationalism away from the only course that stood even a small chance of success . |
| 12 | As Taylor began planning an improbable revival in Washington on Sunday against a Brazilian side that threw away a three-goal lead in a 3–3 draw with Germany last night , FA chairman Sir Bert Millichip emerged as a key figure . |
| 13 | Ireland led 48-39 at the half-way point but had no answer to a late Welsh rally that gave then a 92-82 win . |
| 14 | As she turned on to the dual carriageway that ended only a few miles beyond Naas , the rain spat against the windscreen . |
| 15 | November 2nd 1981 had me arriving at the mere on a calm , mild , dull day that saw hardly a ripple on the surface . |
| 16 | A particularly interesting finding was that of a benign tubulovillous polyp that contained both a mutant K-ras and a p53 allele . |