Example sentences of "[adv] an [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One important direction of expansion was southward into the Altai-Sayan mountain region on the border of Mongolia , where the Russian town of Kuznetsk was for long an outpost threatened from west , south and east by the ‘ White Kalmyksn ( Teleuts and other Altaian tribes ) , the Oirats or western Mongols , and the Chinese . |
2 | Gossip which might have remained merely an irritation led by accident to altogether more dangerous consequences . |
3 | If a man drinks only an alcohol made from paint or varnish or polish or acetone then he will dream of vodka . |
4 | The familiar pine-clad mountain scene with pristine snow-capped peaks and shimmering streams is not just an image reserved for biscuit boxes . |
5 | With its knights and cannons the Empire army would soon sweep aside an army based around boar boyz , while Orc artillery and large creatures such as trolls would present excellent targets for cannons and Helblaster volley guns . |
6 | The discourses of science and philosophy , for example , which appear to be entirely directed towards some external referent and whose intelligibility would seem to depend on their transparency , are simply an effect produced by language itself . |