Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each section of the album began with a key image . |
| 2 | I remind myself that this entire industry began with a single act of rebellion against the management Upstairs . |
| 3 | Work in the Modern Studies department began with an experimental datafile based on " Parliament " in 1983-4 and is gradually extending to cover the proposed Standard Grade framework . |
| 4 | The programme began with an initial ice-breaker and a video about the condition . |
| 5 | This chapter began with a young teacher from London moving to Somerset ; it ends with his son and daughter-in-law seeking a new life in California . |
| 6 | The story of solon started with a phytochemical investigation of the oriental medicinal plant Sophora subprostrata from which the ancient Chinese drug guangdougen , used in traditional medicine for the treatment of digestive disorders , is prepared . |
| 7 | The wedding started with a simple service in City Hall with just a few witnesses , but once the hotel heard that Brenda and Pete wished to get married on the beach , they were swept off their feet . |
| 8 | A WMO spokesman said danger to humans was reduced because periods of high ozone depletion coincided with a low sun and frequently cloudy skies , limiting ultra-violet radiation . |
| 9 | The lawyer listened with a serious face . |
| 10 | ‘ I have got a very good deal , and it came virtually out of the blue , ’ said the Doncaster-based rider , who until last week thought his future lay with a new team being planned in Belgium . |
| 11 | Chesarynth 's mind reeled with a sudden intuition . |
| 12 | Nevertheless an independent review emerged with a comparative analysis of a complex field . |
| 13 | ‘ Lord Mandru is taking breakfast presently , ’ the priest said with a wry grin . |
| 14 | The bad blood continued with an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation on the final whistle . |
| 15 | And when a car collided with a stationary vehicle , listeners were told it had encountered a van full of envelopes and other items of stationery ! |
| 16 | In beige shantung , with a full skirt cinched with a wide belt in grey suede , it was very sophisticated and was made more so by her long grey gloves and tiny grey hat . |
| 17 | A glass partition in the typing-pool imploded with a shattering roar . |
| 18 | ‘ Not honour 'd with a human shape . ’ |
| 19 | The dark girl nodded with a thoughtful smile . |
| 20 | According to these learned fellows , the universe began with a violent explosion . |
| 21 | A gunman escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash after threatening an assistant at the Building Society on Road in the town . |
| 22 | But the poetry which emerged front that experience is hard and clear , and it is as if his capacity for suffering existed with an immense ability to use and to order it . |
| 23 | So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity . |
| 24 | The climb coincided with a major sporting event in Cairo : a football game between the great rival teams of Zamalek and al-Ahly . |
| 25 | Only a fool complained with a full belly . |
| 26 | His three years in the wilderness climaxed with a solid part in a BBC costume drama series . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Smith 's room is number fifty-six , but he and Mrs Smith have joined a coach party touring the Roman wall and they wo n't be back until tomorrow afternoon , ’ the girl said with a warm smile at Roman . |
| 28 | The room hummed with an expectant murmur which heightened and then died away when Commander Brian Spittals , followed by Blanche and the head of the Press Bureau , strode out on to the platform . |
| 29 | The grenade exploded with a yellow flash of light that revealed a line of three of them already up on their feet , firing from the hip . |
| 30 | Its body shone with a strange light . |