Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | We passed by , and on to Dawlish with a superb birds ' eye view of Powderham Castle , the tourists already arriving to stroll the grounds . |
2 | Central 's fraud officers were called in by Falkirk after an independent auditors ' report on the club 's finances . |
3 | Berkshire planned to amalgamate the 300-pupil Southlands Girls ' School in Reading with a neighbouring boys ' school , selling the site for about £7 million , putting up £3 million of public money , and raising another £3 million from commercial sponsors . |
4 | Living in the house , Farrel soon discovered , was like being a very junior NCO in a senior officers ' mess . |
5 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |