Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adv] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shoemaker 's daughter was pretty enough but poorly dressed with a Welsh shawl over her shoulders and not even a hat to cover her hair . |
| 2 | No it 's not just straight heads but like quite a lot of the time it is straight heads . |
| 3 | As well as providing a dry and secure home for your car , garages may also act as a store for ladders , lawnmowers and kids ' bikes and maybe even a workshop utility room |
| 4 | Then he whistled several times and very soon a blackbird appeared on the ground in front of him . |
| 5 | Until ten years or so ago a bundle of similar envelopes had lain in a drawer of her desk ; one day in a fit of vigour she had torn them up and thrown them away . |
| 6 | Very often your teacher may ask you to come twice a week for two or three weeks and then once a week for a further period which will vary from pupil to pupil . |
| 7 | Externally the building ( a Station Master 's two storey house and single storey station building attached ) still had some original features : bargeboards , some finials and also quite a bit of original brown and cream BR(W) paintwork , particularly on the platform side of the house , but most of the wood under the paint had rotted . |
| 8 | Benzene is possibly a chain with triple bonds or more probably a ring compound with double bonds ( see fig 3.1 ) . |
| 9 | If we are reduced to a handful of Scottish Back Benchers and perhaps only a couple of Opposition Scottish Back Benchers on the Standing Committee , that will be deeply resented . |
| 10 | For those not fortunate enough to own a racehorse , Refna will also paint humble family pets — dogs , cats and recently even a pet ram . |
| 11 | Other physical effects of training include a reduction in blood fat levels and almost certainly a reduction of about 20% in recurrence rate of myocardial infarction and , in the long-term , mortality . |
| 12 | Besides , Alf can only just about drag hisself to the King 's Arms and back once a day , and then e's finished . |
| 13 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 14 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 15 | The emperor had begun to think polytheistic cult a veneration of evil spirits and therefore perhaps a danger to his realm . |
| 16 | ‘ Too high a priority has been given to placating the unions and too low a priority given to hearing the voice of the public . |