Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saturday morning at Brighton starts off with a flurry of activity . |
| 2 | This set Jean Powers off on a torrent of exclamations and denials so that Helen could not have got a word in had she wished to ; she stood and looked at Giles Carnaby and tried to be calm . |
| 3 | Tuesday kicks off with a champagne breakfast hosted by Dorling Kindersley . |
| 4 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 5 | So , if Lenny Kravitz stands up against a wall with Slash , we 're there . |
| 6 | ‘ Edward seems more like a prisoner than a king awaiting his coronation , ’ the prince told her . |
| 7 | Andy and William are standing on a seat ; Andy leans out over a table laden with glasses , a champagne bottle in one hand and his other arm held by William , who leans out the opposite way to balance him . |
| 8 | Andy comes back with a glass of milk . |
| 9 | at Bristol City tomorrow in the Combination with goalkeeper Jason Winters back after a foot injury . |
| 10 | John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset . |
| 11 | In order to challenge this complex of interlocking polarities , Amalgamemnon goes back to a time when the two domains , though distinct , were not yet differentiated by separate modes of narrative , back to Herodotus , the first prose artist and ‘ the father of fibstory ’ ( 22,113 ) . |
| 12 | Senior men , such as Charlie Nicholas , Paul McStay and Peter Grant and younger players like Gerry Creaney and Derek Whyte are products of Celtic Boys Club football ; their allegiance to Celtic goes far beyond a pay packet . |
| 13 | And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain . |
| 14 | Then Jane goes away to a school called Lowood . |
| 15 | Half an hour later Christopher comes up with a joke . |
| 16 | René Beauchemin comes out of a washroom and sees the students running and hears cries for help within the classroom . |
| 17 | The problem is that the second question can not be answered until Washington comes up with a consensus on the first . |
| 18 | Marwood 's time at Bramall Lane looks more like a nightmare . |
| 19 | Judi Goodwin drops in for a mince pie and soaks up the atmosphere of this warm , family home . |
| 20 | The plot fires off in every direction at once , almost entirely wasting some of a fine ensemble cast ( Maria De Medirios shows up for a couple of close ups and little more ) , introducing sub-plots at the very last minute ( a homosexual love affair between the opera 's leading man and director is inexplicably absent from the rest of the movie ) and turning from light comedy to an intense marital drama with no warning . |
| 21 | Frédéric peers in at a window . |
| 22 | All are well done , though for once EMI 's generosity causes momentary irritation having to change discs half way through Dolly feels rather like a throwback to 78s ! |
| 23 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend therefore have a meeting with his opposite number at the Department of Trade and Industry and endeavour to bring ECGD rates down to a level which would be more favourable to British exporters ? |
| 24 | Tom walks over to a pizza stall , looking as at home here as a row of tulips in the Gobi Desert . |
| 25 | Half-way through BELVILLE bursts in from a closet or from behind a curtain . |
| 26 | If convicted , Pierce faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine , which Van Halen have offered to pay . |
| 27 | Any member of my profession ( the second oldest ) will tell you that not a Sunday goes by without a request for you to present your battered old body at a similarly battered venue for the benefit of Dyslexic Seals , Anorexic Pastry Chefs or Friends of the Ozone Layer . |
| 28 | No summer Sunday goes by without a game . |
| 29 | BON JOVI FLIES OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY |
| 30 | Tor goes off to a cottage up the hill from the bay and comes back disconsolate , having been told to ‘ piss off ’ by the occupants who were robbed last week and are not in any mood to offer the traditional Norwegian hospitality to a motley collection of bedraggled canoeists . |