Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 .
2 The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig .
3 PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit .
4 Outside Israel , passengers can check in for a rival 's flight later and without so much hassle .
5 If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft :
6 In about a month 's time . ’
7 In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep .
8 I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way .
9 Nominated for two BAFTA Awards , WIDOWS was a critical and popular success turning assumptions about professional crime upside down from a woman 's point of view ( the widows ) .
10 A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs .
11 No doubt the secretary would dismiss the call as the work of some crank hoping to bluff her way in without a doctor 's recommendation .
12 One threatened to bed down on a couple 's settee while they slept on a purchase , while an angry consumer from Redcar had to call police to get rid of another salesman .
13 A college lecturer in Redcar was reduced to a nervous wreck and had to call the police to get rid of salesmen while in Northallerton a salesman suggested he bedded down on a couple 's sofa while they slept on £5,000 offer .
14 During my son 's teenage years he spent his life like a hobo , sleeping-bag packed into his satchel in case he wanted to doss down on a schoolfriend 's floor somewhere .
15 Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand .
16 Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal .
17 Back in the classroom it is not always easy to translate the high tech knowledge down to a child 's level .
18 So he kicks you out and settles down to a nine-months ' bender .
19 My just married son decided to build a wall in his back garden and went along to a bricklayer 's yard to buy a quantity of bricks .
20 Parents who give in to a toddler 's temper will increase the likelihood of tantrums recurring and find themselves becoming more angry .
21 Now we 'll see if we can turn the egg in to a Pidgeon 's egg .
22 That 's a very different response from the man whose anxiety or guilt are aroused by his partner 's tears and shouts , walks away or who gives in to a woman 's demand without trying to understand what 's ‘ going on ’ .
23 You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’
24 A Sinn Fein member , father of six Peter Gallagher , 44 , of Toomebridge , Co Antrim , was gunned down at a builder 's yard in Belfast , on Wednesday .
25 It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice .
26 If you watch the start or the first few miles , you 'll see a mass of humanity moving along at a snail 's pace .
27 An astonished officer found him still clinging grimly to the controls as he trundled along at a snail 's pace .
28 Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow .
29 I stay a few feet behind , watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old 's pace .
30 The horseman was , in fact , one of Miles ' Cheyenne scouts , and Looking Glass was cut down by a sharpshooter 's bullet ; the only warrior to die after the opening battle .
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