Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was a bottle of of whisky from that distillery went for a huge p price at one of the big |
| 2 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 3 | In the year to the first quarter , America 's GDP grew by a respectable 2.6% . |
| 4 | Despite the recession and the slump in consumer spending , UK publishers ' output rose by a startling 16.44% in 1992 . |
| 5 | Attempts to increase gold production at Venterpost proved unsuccessful and with the yield falling , the mine tumbled from a near R2m profit to a R3.26 net loss . |
| 6 | So it was n't the fact that he 'd cut back on government it 's just that the government came , the spending came at a different er point in the , in the political structure . |
| 7 | The model looked like a stretched-out SE5a , only smoother and cleaner . |
| 8 | I put the resolution to the meeting those in favour any against thank you very much , I declare the resolution carried as a special reso resolution . |
| 9 | Last year its GNP grew by a heady 5.7% , despite a fall in real net exports equivalent to nearly 2% of its GNP . |
| 10 | Leary 's series of soundbites for the channel led to a massed A&R scramble for his signature — Def American , home of Andrew Dice Clay , was one of those who missed out . |