Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [conj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he slapped the speakers on and a solid weight of noise crashed against her head : the pilot 's amped-up voice thundered , ‘ Back to your positions ! |
| 2 | It was an ingenious idea ; but the war with revolutionary France soon destroyed the fiction that there could be two Parliaments with but a single executive . |
| 3 | A meeting spot of note for lovers , but they , those lovers , were all gone now ; just her and the closing night , the street lights on and a soft rain falling . |
| 4 | He nodded benevolently at Miss Harker , sitting at the front with white gloves on and a new bonnet . |
| 5 | A sort of box with dials on and a little television screen . |
| 6 | There were a few light clouds about and a cooling breeze , and everywhere the hawthorns were heavy with may and the hedgerows thick with wild garlic , campion , bluebells and the little star-flowers of chickweed . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) below shall apply to licensed canteens , to the holders of licences under this Part of this Act and to their employees and agents as if a licensed canteen were a public house and as if the licence-holder of a canteen were the licence holder of a public house . |
| 8 | ‘ We could see what looked like a range of hills from our window but they 'd gone by the morning — nothing left but huge ripples as if a great tide had come up and washed them away . |