Example sentences of "[Wh pn] escaped [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Adoimara had feasted the deputation and then , while they slept , had killed them all except one , who escaped with a shattered arm and numerous wounds . |
| 2 | Nicol , who escaped with a close call when he sliced an attempted clearance close to his own goal in normal time , suffered a costly relapse 10 minutes into the extra period . |
| 3 | Police are still hunting the gunman , who escaped with a portable telephone . |
| 4 | A convicted child molester who escaped from a mental hospital has still not been found . |
| 5 | Passers by have been questioned by police in an attempt to discover more about the stubbly , blotchy-faced man who who escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice after the latest robbery . |
| 6 | Last nights theft took place when an antiques dealer stopped to change a wheel on his car on the hard shoulder of the M Six near the Keele service station in Staffordshire and was attacked by three men who escaped in a white van . |