Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the while long lines of lorries trundled along the streets as if it was 1945 and the retreating Wehrmacht only a couple of miles away . |
| 2 | It is of course only a question of time and evolution . |
| 3 | The scales suggest the scales of a fish rather than armour ; was the priest perhaps a priest of Poteidan ? |
| 4 | The Welshmen , crouching low and running like hares , overtook the two who led the laden horse only a matter of minutes before they were themselves overtaken . |
| 5 | Most unfortunate , had been in action only a couple of hours . |
| 6 | Alina scrambled up alongside , and found herself a rock just a couple of feet lower than his own . |
| 7 | Is the problem of losing weight just a question of vanity for most of us or a medical necessity ? |
| 8 | Wick waits , remembering the herring more recently ; the lovely old buildings stare blankly over the vast harbour once a forest of masts . |
| 9 | In this study about a quarter of patients had a biopsy for a sole haematological abnormality . |
| 10 | But how far was British industry simply a victim of circumstances ? |
| 11 | During half-time today a number of police officers will be questioning you all over the disappearance , during the early hours of Monday morning , of our grandstand . |
| 12 | If a country depends on one or two primary products , e.g. bauxite or coffee , for the bulk of its export revenue then a fall in world demand and prices for these products can have a disastrous impact on export revenues , GNP growth and economic development programmes . |
| 13 | They should , for that matter , hand out a runners-up trophy too a replica of Wembley would do so the beaten finalists would have more than forced smiles to parade on homecoming day . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've managed to wangle her an apartment just a floor below Nicky and me , ’ Florian volunteered cheerfully . |
| 15 | As she had passed her driving test only a couple of months before , she was very cautious when the shiny new vehicle arrived , delivered on Christmas Eve . |
| 16 | With her head down , concentrating on pushing the skis along and her mind happily listing the insults she 'd love to heap on his golden head , Shannon failed to notice that he 'd come to a halt just a couple of feet in front of her , till she cannoned straight into his solid bulk , her skis sliding neatly between his . |
| 17 | It came to a halt just a couple of yards away , and her stomach gave an uncomfortable lurch as the door opened and Eleanor got out . |
| 18 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 19 | There is present in this hall today a number of people who are concerned with the future of Skelton . |
| 20 | ‘ I expected to curry quite a lot of disfavour from almost everybody , ’ he says . |
| 21 | Was the work then a cross between drama and ritual ? |
| 22 | erm I have had to do in my work quite a lot of work coming up against that act , so to speak . |
| 23 | If there is spare capacity then a rise in output Y t can be met from the existing capital stock , with no need for new investment . |
| 24 | We could clinch a play-off place with a good run yet a lot of fans appear to have written off our season . |
| 25 | But higher education should be a more exploratory affair and the university more a community of scholars . ’ |
| 26 | Every school has its management and national curriculum provision once a year by inspectors . |
| 27 | The young emerge from their mother 's birth canal only a month after conception . |
| 28 | In its place only a sense of duty and a wish to be of help to the people she had come to love kept Shelley from despair . |
| 29 | Trading Standards on Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang so a week of fireworks chunk four of that on tomorrow . |
| 30 | In the period before Edward V 's deposition only a handful of references to his household survive , but all the men named were former servants of Edward IV . |