Example sentences of "[adj -er] [conj] a [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I heard the snap of a lighter and a cloud of blue smoke came out of the doorway , followed by a rattle sound . |
| 2 | First he handed over a bundle of Russian paper money that was little bigger than a wad of visiting cards , and some coins jangled . |
| 3 | What he has to come out with is not initially clear , but it becomes clearer when a taste of gay night-life turns him off , and he trails back to his dull wife . |
| 4 | Each window was no larger than a sheet of tabloid newspaper and there was clearly no upstairs to the place . |
| 5 | If there are to be sacrifices and belt-tightening , the Soviet leaders love nothing better than a backdrop of international threat to add pathos and realism to the drama . |
| 6 | After all , what could be better than a get-together with local musicians , listening to your favourite gear played how it should be played , and the all-important bottle of Carlsberg ! |
| 7 | Even for a paedophile , life in Russia might be better than a cell in Long Lartin prison . |
| 8 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 9 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
| 10 | Topics investigated will include : social origins of singers ; their training ; the castrati as a group ( far wider than a handful of notorious star singers ) and as a symptom of economic depression ; the shift from reliance on royal or aristocratic patrons to professional independence and cash earnings ; changing contractual arrangements ; and singing as a means to social advancement and to women 's independence . |
| 11 | It all smells fishier than a barrel of stale salt-herring . |