Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went back to my room and soon a girl came with flat blonde hair , sickly-looking . |
| 2 | Two days after seeing my surgeon and exactly a week before going into hospital , aided by my wife , I crawled up to London and met the hero of the book . |
| 3 | It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm and already a heart for others to come to know the Lord Jesus . |
| 4 | The film 's musical score and song and dance numbers are surprisingly its weakest ingredient , though the shooting and editing of Earth Girls Are Easy is often highly original-especially the black and white dream sequence that 's a model of its kind and almost a music video in itself . |
| 5 | The stars will be coming out during the day to celebrate Sainsbury 's Fundays — this is your chance not only to meet a celebrity , but to get their autograph and even a photograph ! |
| 6 | He said that although he was personally quite happy with things as they were , he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation would resolve them one way or the other . |
| 7 | She has shown just how normal are her feelings and even a member of the Royal Family must feel desperately sad and lonely without their kids on Christmas morning . |
| 8 | Captain Coote 's sea pieces were fully manned and he told us about his contributing authors , unlike Mr Raban , who gives us only their dates and sometimes a mention in the introduction . |
| 9 | Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry . |
| 10 | Out of necessity , publishers have an eye to their profits and neither a work 's inclusion in a catalogue or collection , nor instant popularity , guarantees its suitability . |
| 11 | Because the assessment is internal , there is flexibility in its timing and hence a student can work towards a module at his or her own pace . |
| 12 | At the moment its Gav and maybe a couple , and me and ‘ er indoors ’ . |
| 13 | If consent is needed any purported transfer by the vendor may be a repudiatory breach of that contract by the vendor exposing the vendor to a claim for damages from its customer and possibly a claim by the purchaser against the vendor if the customer treats the contract as terminated particularly if the vendor warranted that no consents were needed . |
| 14 | they then go back to their office and unfortunately a lot of what other people in the office are doing are taught |
| 15 | When payment is made the dealer gets his commission , normally splitting it with his mentor and possibly an official in the defence ministry who refuses to rubber stamp the deal without an ‘ incentive ’ . |
| 16 | Further examination revealed a hard swelling at the base of the penis and the question of a foreign body was raised with Mr P. He strongly denied inserting anything into his urethra and so an X-ray was taken . |
| 17 | I weep to hear of this latest affliction and so unexpected with him in the prime of his life and never an illness and being a big strong man . |
| 18 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 19 | A dialling-tone purred in his ear and then a woman said , ‘ Number please ? ’ |
| 20 | Moreover , Mr Andrew Jones was a neat dresser : he spent a lot on his clothes and quite a lot on Emma , but little on herself . |
| 21 | They put the stranger down on the outskirts and left him standing in the middle of the road , his face in shadow under his cap and just a glimmer of those white , pebbly eyes . |
| 22 | If you show it you 're finished , without respect from your peers and always an underdog . |
| 23 | It was Grandad 's basic contention in life that whenever you were cycling downhill with the wind behind you and the sun on your back and never a care in the world , some little bugger nipped out of a bush and stuck a spike in your spokes . |
| 24 | One source of information could be knowledge of the variance of v , , for then we could obtain the variance of Y t , from our sample and hence an estimate of α t , from equation ( 3.13 ) . |
| 25 | will give me minus and so a minus one times a ten gives us a minus ten . |
| 26 | Albert , a Merseyside police constable from Crosby , said : ‘ It 's a way of showing our gratitude and also a way of ensuring Sam will never be forgotten . |
| 27 | to your sandwiches and perhaps an apple or an orange instead |