Example sentences of "[adv] drew a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The norms of domestic life it set forth drew a clear ideological boundary between rational members of society and the feckless .
2 It also drew a graphic picture of the continuing loss of agricultural land , estimated at 144,000 acres a year , which if continued ‘ would imply a substantial reduction in the available agricultural land ’ .
3 And certainly Broughton and one or two of the older boarders regularly drew a cheap safety razor over the blonde fuzz on their cheeks , and anxiously inspected the shavings as if they were virility tokens .
4 Corbett grabbed a groom who was trying to lead a horse to the stables at the far end of the bailey but the fool could not understand him and Corbett simply drew a blank look , followed by a shrug and muttered curses .
5 She paused , then drew a shuddering breath .
6 Western leftists wax indignant about the eastern Europeans ' refusal to differentiate between a democratic socialism and Stalinism , when they themselves never drew a clear line .
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