Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [noun] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening . |
| 2 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 3 | Players asked to make heavy commitment If things go to plan , Scotland may be in for a bit more travel , as Harry Pincott in Cape Town explains |
| 4 | And if had n't of got on the phone and sort of made a song and dance about it , and told one or two things , and said one or two things they come up with a bit more money , but again you have to lie through your teeth to get back what you 're really entitled to ! |
| 5 | And I erm , just picked that up in a garage some place , thought it was such a cool , I just really liked the picture . |
| 6 | Storage is concerned with space and , conveniently as so often happens , requirements can be summed up in an acronym this time SPACES which stands for — |
| 7 | The issue could even boil up to a climax this weekend when Bowe and his voluble manager Rock Newman are due in London to attend the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year awards programme . |
| 8 | Up to a point this claim is justified , although a more interesting comparison might be with Alvin Toffler 's Third Wave , rather than his Future Shock This comparison , however , brings out some of the weaknesses as well as the strengths of Naisbitt 's study . |
| 9 | You 'd better warn him that I 'll expect to see him some time tomorrow , if he does n't feel up to an interview this evening , that is ! ’ |
| 10 | He is also , like many archaeologists , a connoisseur of real ale , so it is not surprising that he singles out as a favourite this inscription from Upton-on-Severn : |
| 11 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 12 | I shall pop out for an hour this afternoon , to fetch the van and pick up some things . |
| 13 | All they are doing is making a lot more money out of a lot more misery . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |
| 15 | However , with his stable 's runners back with a bang this term , Trainglot is worth one last chance to show his true class . |
| 16 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 17 | Spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic . |
| 18 | The ‘ female ’ could be a female impersonator , or someone in disguise , or an actor on the way to a theatre ; the ‘ angry ’ or ‘ excited ’ person could be deaf , or someone calling out to a friend some distance away . |
| 19 | And , as an example of the caddie who finally got his own back on his player , who had been throwing clubs around in a temper all day : the player said , ‘ I make it about 110 yards to the green ; what club do you think ? ’ |
| 20 | He mumbled that he was still in a state of shock and had been walking around in a dream all day . |