Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For so long she 'd held the secrets of her past under lock and key , barely allowing even Kelly much more than a glimpse into her background .
2 Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm .
3 There were no grounds for redrawing borders ; ‘ The Germans of Switzerland and Alsace do not desire to be reunited to Germany any more than the French in Belgium and Switzerland wish to become attached politically to France ’ .
4 The aircraft was set on automatic pilot , leaving Vologsky little more than a passenger for the time being .
5 He stayed at St Harmon little more than a year , being appointed vicar of Bredwardine , Herefordshire , at the end of 1877 .
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