Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 2 | The case arose out of a letter sent by the Attorney General in the summer of 1988 to booksellers handling Spycatcher warning them they were in contempt of court , because an injunction had been obtained to stop publication of extracts of the book in several national newspapers . |
| 3 | Putting down her cup , she reached for the silk robe laid out on a chair at the side of the bed . |
| 4 | Her eyes were on his mouth and , as though spellbound , she watched his lips forming the erotic words while heat suffused her body and her heart bounced about like a bumble-puppy . |
| 5 | Higher the Suzuki climbed , and higher , until the lane petered out into a dirt track and gradually the trees became fewer . |
| 6 | To Harry 's left , the lane petered out in a gravel track curving round past the garden hedge to serve the jetty . |
| 7 | The flame winked out with a suddenness that was almost as startling as its arrival . |
| 8 | Next , in ( 17 ) , we have a minimal property complex made up of a property extended by another property , P P , alternatively represented as in ( 18 ) . |
| 9 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 10 | He also saw that if the parties did not approve of a rule laid down by a court — a ‘ certain rule ’ — they could choose to vary it by contract . |
| 11 | But the car lived on as a classic . |
| 12 | It was expected to cost around £800 million when launched , of which foreign aid made up about a half . |
| 13 | Preparing the campsite also involved some ingenious engineering , with a large pivoted chockstone winched up on a Friend belay to create enough headroom . |
| 14 | That morning , when he was about a quarter of a mile from the school gate , a Volvo estate car drew out from a side-road and drove straight at him . |
| 15 | The few feminists who did consider the problem of women 's domestic labour came up with a collectivist solution similar to that of Beveridge . |
| 16 | The Australian trainer came on with a bucket of water to try to revive the apparently comatose Fulton . |
| 17 | The ninth bomber came out of a lightening sky at six o'clock exactly , and though she sat there for another hour , it was the last . |
| 18 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 19 | The soldier woke up with a snort ; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly . |
| 20 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 21 | But , with a research department reduced by over a half and with the strategic use of a cash cow , the nylon business produced innovation after innovation . |
| 22 | And I went down to this bird 's down by the library two weeks ago and this same fella came in with a gram and he was like that , giving out big smokes . |
| 23 | A dim light came on behind a blind in the Frankenstein mansion . |
| 24 | Then the door behind my head jerked open , the car light came on like a flashbulb , and there was a seven-foot black pimp snarling down at me with a mahogany baseball bat in his fist . |
| 25 | Finally the helpful priest drove up to a point overlooking a fine old stone harbour , with a few houses on the quayside . |
| 26 | The car drove off with a scream of tyres , and Fran shivered in sudden reaction as she watched him go . |
| 27 | I can tell you , having Mr Bell 's physog dished up like a plate of cold suet every time I wish to relax is beginning to unnerve me . |
| 28 | As he spoke , the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood . |
| 29 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 30 | The parrot joined in with a screech of pleasure . |