Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It came as a shock to Stella , learning that educated people like Dotty Blundell and Meredith adhered to such a faith .
2 Alongside and beneath the alley , Mucky Beck rushed for half a mile past walled mill-ponds , wasteland and cinder piles all the way from Shearbridge Road to Cheshum Street .
3 Speaking at an analysts ' breakfast in Chicago last week where Comdex Spring took place , Pieper alluded to such a breakthrough as ‘ removing the firewalls ’ between the various microprocessors .
4 It is unfortunate that the team headed by Olive Tunstall feel the need to launch into a personal attack on Heim , however , saying that ‘ we consider that Heim acted in such a way as to reduce the credibility of the profession ’ .
5 Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’
6 Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’
7 Yet when Lukowiak looked for such a correlation he could not find it ; it seemed as if control of the strength of the reflex was not vested in any single cell of the abdominal ganglion , but was instead a property of the interactions between the ensemble of cells as a system .
8 In 1978 Lord Denning MR acceded to such a request when told that the Church of Scientology of California felt that in his court there was an unconscious influence operating adversely to the church .
9 Bassetja led from half a mile out and looked at one stage like winning the race as the favourite Velma appeared to have it all to do .
10 This is exemplified by a circular dome-shaped bead from Ur shaped in such a way as to expose one of the pale layers as a ring close to the perimeter .
11 Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup .
12 Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup .
13 Sally burst into such a fit of giggling , Jess thought she 'd explode from the tight lacings of her bodice .
14 Some versions substituted for the front pair a .5 Browning heavy machine gun , and some jeeps had a single Vickers fitted in such a way that the driver could operate it .
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