Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service . |
| 2 | The king also depended to a considerable degree upon individuals who , like the leaders of the companies of the previous century , served in the royal army : Poton de Xaintrailles was for a period a ‘ veritable routier ’ , pillaging in different parts of France before accepting office under Charles VII ; Antoine de Chabannes , a captain of routiers , at one time had command of 1,000 horsemen before finding employment under the crown . |
| 3 | The book by Clifford Joseph is in a sense the more readable and will perhaps be in more readily appreciated by the none-specialist in tax matters who wishes to understand the essentials of the tax but is not necessarily concerned with an exhaustive treatment of the subject . |
| 4 | At the end of teaching , the long street towards the centre of Cullbridge was for a time a babble of noise , with scuffles , cap-snatching and schoolboy indecencies hurled from green-blazered groups on one side to green-blazered groups on the other . |
| 5 | The editor of Wisden is in a sense the conscience of cricket . |
| 6 | The landscape traversed by the Turners is in a sense a literary one ( hence indicators like Poe Cove ) , but Barth is also careful to specify their seamanship with realistic accuracy . |
| 7 | And when her Ford Capri was in a crash the replacement was a diesel-powered Ford Sierra . |
| 8 | It certainly slowed me down a bit today , and Matt was behind a bush a lot as well . |
| 9 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |