Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soak break in a few tablespoons of water with the vinegar and garlic for 10 minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you can dispense with the formalities , Letty , curtsying would look out of place in a few rooms in a lodging house , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 3 | Looking for a less demanding occupation , she opened the first Body Shop in a tiny premises in a back street of Brighton in 1976 , selling fifteen different products in plastic bottles with hand-written labels . |
| 4 | I 'll expect you at the Presbytery in a few days with your donation . ’ |
| 5 | I obtained five small imported specimens of about 1½″ and placed them in my fish room in a prepared 18″ × 12″ × 12″ tank , leaving them to settle . |
| 6 | The Supreme Court in a nine votes to seven ruling in mid-July appointed Judge Adolfo Bañados to rule on whether to re-open the case of Orlando Letelier , an ambassador to the United States under the regime of Salvador Allende , who was murdered in Washington in 1976 [ see pp. 28273-74 ; 34989 ; 36097 ] . |
| 7 | The UBP won 23 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly in a general elections on Feb. 9 , 1989 [ see p. 36462 ] . |
| 8 | Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method . |
| 9 | Wilf Orton , prosecuting , said Hooker , driving at up to 50 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour limit , had been trying to over-take four slower moving vehicles when he hit the other car side on . |
| 10 | Low stone walls divided the garden up into different segments , and these were marbled with moss and lichen in a dozen shades of gold and green , and often hidden completely under tumbling masses of roses , clematis and ivy . |
| 11 | A journey in a camper shades into a lift with a driver who turns out to be a narcotics agent ; the former episode is then repeated , with sado-masochistic variations , until that too shades into a bus journey . |
| 12 | This arises when participation in a CU results in a switch from a low cost , to a higher cost , source of supply . |
| 13 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 14 | But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party . |
| 15 | I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill . |
| 16 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 17 | In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually . |
| 18 | There was a pressing , gently swaying wall of vegetation in a thousand shades of green . |