Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 2 | In the end , her uncertainty grew to such a pitch that she expressed it . |
| 3 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 4 | This visits period lasted for half a term , although for some subject departments it was completed during four weeks . |
| 5 | Such ‘ ownership ’ of plans would give the school a clearer and more unified sense of purpose and direction and reduce the stress felt in such a time of educational change . |
| 6 | That 's why Keegan 's swoop came as such a shock . |
| 7 | The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure . |
| 8 | Instead , consonant with the prevailing economic orthodoxy , the public interest became at most a background justification for the free availability of incorporation and limited liability . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held that no appeal lay in such a case . |