Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recovery of a piece engraved with a horse 's head from the reindeer-hunters ' station of Meiendorf , north-east of Hamburg , shows indeed that this began during the final stage of the Ice Age . |
| 2 | If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 . |
| 3 | Batteries were charged by native power turning a four-foot wooden wheel geared to a car 's generator , a minor miracle of improvisation designed by Sousa Santos . |
| 4 | The Bodegraven docked to a hero 's welcome . |
| 5 | Our analysis is based on a new lifting surface model which applies the classical aerodynamic solution of the forces acting on a low aspect ratio delta wing to assess the lift and drag associated with a bird 's tail . |
| 6 | There were some hill-walkers with ice-axes coming towards us from the other side of the hill , and I was trying to look as though I meant to come hill-walking dressed like a hairdresser 's receptionist . |
| 7 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 8 | In addition to this he favoured a condom made from a sheep 's intestine and a collection of two-ounce gold balls which seemingly brought security and immense satisfaction to his partners . |
| 9 | If the final grade is largely determined by course-work marks , how are you to mark a piece of work completed in a pupil 's first term of his introduction to a subject , compared with what he can do after five or six terms ? |
| 10 | The teachers reads part of a story to the class — about a merman caught in a fisherman 's nets . |
| 11 | No less is to be expected of a vehicle sold with a manufacturer 's warranty . |
| 12 | Just over half the profits came from the US , where Carlton 's North Hollywood processing lab dealt with a record 1.2bn feet of film , including Warner 's blockbuster , Batman Returns . |
| 13 | Each consisted of an hour 's physical exercise followed by an hour 's discussion . |
| 14 | The attempt to entice six male sperm whales out of Scapa Flow by playing them some fruity dialogue recorded at a whales ' hen night off the Azores has so far failed . |
| 15 | No sooner are we out of Eden than we find ourselves in a field stained with a brother 's blood ( 4.1–16 ) . |
| 16 | When using museum loan services , history teachers should also take advantage of any support offered by a museum 's education staff . |
| 17 | Though cynics would see their union as a match made in a PR 's wildest dream , there is no doubting that their intentions towards each other are honourable . |
| 18 | Examples are La Male Honte , noted already , and Les deux Anglois et l'anel , " The two Englishmen and the anel " , which turns around a joke based on an Englishman 's inability to make a[g]nel ( lamb ) distinct from a[s]niel ( young ass ) in his attempt to speak French . |
| 19 | The chemical suit , drug-filled syringes and anti-nerve gas tablets were in a rucksack stolen from an airman 's garage near the Brize Norton airbase . |
| 20 | The ‘ famous user ’ list for the Gibson RD Series could very easily fit onto the back of your average stamp , with room left for a week 's shopping list … ! |
| 21 | Look out for a current KSA membership certificate in showrooms — a KSA logo reproduced in a manufacturer 's brochure does n't always indicate the status of the retailer — check that he 's a KSA member in his own right . |
| 22 | Meg of the flowing , black hair , white face and nose hooked like an eagle 's beak . |
| 23 | In political terms it was a sensible alliance for a fifteen-year-old heiress deprived of a father 's or an uncle 's protection . |
| 24 | He had found the second-hand playpen advertised on a newsagent 's board in Norwich and had brought it back on the top of the van . |
| 25 | But to see his face light up with pleasure as his eye lighted on a child 's painting or model spoke more to the teacher ( and the child ) about the sincerity of his concerns than a hundred words would . |
| 26 | This will be part of an informal open tasting evening held at a Sainsbury 's store where visitors will be able to taste a range of wines . |
| 27 | AN explosion ripped through a man 's living room yesterday as he watched a TV film in which Michael Caine blew up a safe . |
| 28 | As Tables 10–13 , below , show , most of the factors mentioned were common to all exhibitions , although the degree to which a particular factor contributed to an exhibition 's success varied from one exhibition to another . |
| 29 | To what extent is selection influenced by a book 's physical features ? |
| 30 | In his left hand he held a pocket Philips dictaphone into which he would occasionally confide ; in his right , a pencil poised over a reporter 's pad . |