Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spring of 1938 the old doctor who had attended her died suddenly and a young man took over the practice . |
| 2 | The door opened suddenly and a furious Algernon emerged to find James leaning over the stair rail listening quietly . |
| 3 | It has been a traumatic time for everyone at Burston during the past year or so and a great deal has been achieved over a very short time . |
| 4 | He eased his horse round and they ambled along the ridge until the ground fell steeply away and a great valley stretched below them , a silver river sketched through it . |
| 5 | The Tsar and nobility would be swept away and a new society based on the social justice and decentralized self-government of the peasant commune would emerge . |
| 6 | He looked away and a dark flush spread through his face , making him look suddenly very vulnerable . |
| 7 | 10.30am and a waif-like girl trudges on stage to explain she 's lost her parents and does n't know what to do . |
| 8 | There were more traffic noises outside and a thin light came through the window . |
| 9 | The close proximity of this junction to that between A71 and the link to Hermiston Village and Gogar Station Road created a ‘ staggered T ’ effect and due to the relatively high speed of traffic on the re-aligned A71 compared with the original flows through Hermiston Village , a section of this new A71 was widened locally and a central reserve created to form a short stretch of dual carriageway thus providing for safer turning movements within the junctions . |
| 10 | This last remark seemed to have gone home , as Johnny paled a little and a small muscle twitched at the corner of his mouth . |
| 11 | Choose a design that hides the bulb effectively and a heavy base to keep it stable . |
| 12 | A 1956 collector 's item — the first polythene road cone , a dud one so long and thin it could n't stay still and a Korean cone found floating in Swanage harbour . |
| 13 | I like to put a pale colour behind a darkish one to make the dark colour stand out more and a dark colour dropped in just at one point behind a light colour to make the paleness improve . |
| 14 | And another part was still looking out of the rear window of the taxi at the green hills receding behind the tiled roofs into the morning sunshine ; still standing in the corridor of the train as the flat terrain of southern England slid past and a great weight built up steadily in my chest . |
| 15 | As she stared at the lorry stuck between the flashing lights and the shiny rails , the world seemed to change slightly and a horrible idea formed in her head . |
| 16 | It was 5.30 A.M. and a new day had begun . |
| 17 | What does the Prime Minister intend to do between now and a general election to put those 1 million people back on the register ? |
| 18 | It was closed now but a dry leaf marked a place . |
| 19 | It was Saturday and a showery , Summer 's night four hundred years ago and a South-Westerly breeze blew into the faces of the anxious group of watchers above Whitsand Bay . |
| 20 | We have our own little school here and a good number go to various schools in town . |
| 21 | It rises steadily to a height of almost 600 feet above the loch before levelling out at the top of a headland ; cars may be parked here and a short stroll reveals an extensive panorama of exquisite beauty without a discordant note . |
| 22 | ‘ A few years ago one of the old boys from Ham was doing a bit of rabbit poaching up here and a headless horseman went riding by as cool as you please . |
| 23 | Appeal organisers hoped to sell tickets for the prize draw outside the ground a few weeks ago but a cold snap forced the football match to be cancelled . |
| 24 | Went up there the following day and they came back armed with all sorts of things — knives and cudgels — and they went up there and a real fight developed . |
| 25 | and erm , we 'd got there and a young lady came along delivering milk you know with a big milk float and she put the , the twins Brenda and |
| 26 | Oh , Lord , my heart beat quicker and a sudden sweat drenched my body . |
| 27 | The Guitarist staff are as cynical and critical as anyone else and a favourable review reflects how well an amplifier actually performs . |
| 28 | Those puffing chimneys again and a strong peat reek now . |
| 29 | Vehicles started up again and a familiar voice shouted to him from the side of the truck . |
| 30 | The door opened again and a different guard came in . |