Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] an [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up top of a proud oak , safely saddled , hilled by summer sounds and accidental thoughts of Sunday hymn , the pale ten-year-old let his mind drift off into an even leafier land not on the map . |
| 2 | The success of The Body Shop grew out of an almost naïve belief in herself and sheer hard work . |
| 3 | Some obviously saw the events in Spain as fascism limbering up for an even greater conflict ; Spain was seen as an experimental laboratory for the arms , equipment and strategy of the fascist powers . |
| 4 | The Pizza Express London league got off to an early start this year with a shortened programme . |
| 5 | This increase in private care may reflect both the financial incentives to increase the number of places available and an increased demand for care brought about by an increasingly frail population and the decreased availability of domiciliary services . |
| 6 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 7 | This animal rolls up into an almost perfect ball , with the top of the head and the top of the tail fitting close together like the last pieces of a jigsaw puzzle , leaving no gap anywhere for a predator to probe . |
| 8 | In an economic sense , modernity is characterized by highly rationalized industrial production , complex technological infrastructure , and a substantial degree of bureaucratized administrative and service activity [ with ] food production carried out by an increasingly small , but productive , agricultural sector . |
| 9 | Salt looked round at an unusually pale and quiet Sally sitting by the fire . |