Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I last visited Mexico for almost a month during May and June 1989 . |
| 2 | I noticed Pemberton at least a year ago and thought what a good player he was . |
| 3 | The exception had become the rule ; nearly half the counties had lost their largest urban centres ; the division between rural and urban local government had hardened in a form which caused controversy for nearly a century , and which is still reflected in the current structure ( Hampton 1966:464 — 5 ) . |
| 4 | Abnormal total reflux time ( 24 hour pH recording ) in four of 14 patients studied contrasts with about a 10% incidence 6 months- 2 years after fundoplication . |
| 5 | The canons ' tower is still there ; indeed the citizens — by a strange romantic gesture — built it yet higher in the nineteenth century ; and it stands as a monument to the forces and struggles which made Milan at once a centre of intense parochial jealousies , and of international fame and meaning , in the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 6 | Thus the Baileys ' garden was L-shaped , and the remaining portion of Tullivers ' land , a mere quarter of an acre , allowed room for only a lawn , a few mature lilac and may trees and the flower border which had been the Admiral 's particular pride . |
| 7 | The Gowrie faction guarded James for almost a year , issuing decrees in his name while claiming that he was their willing guest . |
| 8 | In the early 1970s , in New York city , one David Berkowitz terrorised residents for over a year with random shootings of young women and their friends . |
| 9 | At least one of Sun 's satellite businesses last week voiced concern over how a VAR would be defined under the agreement whilst resellers Unigram.X spoke to expressed dissatisfaction with Sun 's ‘ get-tough ’ policy . |
| 10 | Coordination at its highest , when we develop it , we say we 've developed skills , and if you 've done that can you see you acquired skills in quite a lot of situations , and again that 's an area where you 'll get a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 11 | Despite its title , the work took account of only a selection of English vocabulary , including ‘ Difficult Words and Technical Terms in all Faculties and Professions ’ . |
| 12 | You see , Great-Aunt Jane was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for quite a number of young ladies in Baldersdale , and it was usual for them to try on the new clothes and have the final fittings in the kitchen . |
| 13 | She had ideas about how a toy shop should be run in these times . |
| 14 | Ellen , who was perversely proud of her skills in the salad department , asked Rickie with just a touch of asperity . |