Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This circumstance placed extra demands on the education service during the 1960s and 1970s and made possible a reduction in expenditure in the 1980s , in both cases without any change in the level of service provided ( Bailey 1982 ) . |
| 2 | I drunk half a pint of rum , half a pint of vodka and three or four cans of |
| 3 | On the contrary , for all the general flow of tranquillity and prosperity , a number of specific themes consistently emerged which made this a time of anxiety , even torment . |
| 4 | In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle . |
| 5 | I pulled on my shorts , sank half a pint of yoghurt , and grabbed my crippled Excalibur . |
| 6 | To the east of Carthage in Libya sharp disputes between the monarchian followers of Sabellius and upholders of the Logos theology occurred half a century after Tertullian 's time . |
| 7 | There were several reasons why Adenauer pursued such a line of argument : it might be a way of helping the new West German state to achieve equality in the international order ; it might placate West German annoyance over the role of the International Ruhr Authority ; and it might in time offer an opportunity for West Germany to regain sovereignty of the coal and steel producing Saar , which still remained in French hands . |
| 8 | Some 400 million years ago , they found ways of surviving out of water and made such a success of life in their new surroundings that they ultimately gave rise to the most numerous and diverse group of all land animals , the insects . |
| 9 | That I avoided such a course of action is because of my own understanding of what the institution would allow before it swung into action . |
| 10 | From her came such a whiff of defeat that Alice had to force herself to stand up to it . |
| 11 | Grenada had withdrawn in 1981 from membership of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ( ECSC ) , which automatically granted such a right of appeal , and the government was thought to have deliberately delayed re-entry to ECSC membership , originally scheduled for Aug. 1 , to obstruct this process . |
| 12 | This caused such a burst of indignation from the players that I drew stumps swearing to myself that I 'd never umpire again — and I have n't ! |
| 13 | The newly elected president of the Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) , Pandelani Nefolovhodwe , on Dec. 23 declared 1991 a year of struggle and warned that the government 's reforms were replacing " naked racism and exploitation with subtle forms of racism and exploitation " . |
| 14 | Leith shared many a cup of coffee with Rosemary after that , and although Rosemary seemed reluctant to talk of her marriage at first , it gradually emerged that Derek Talbot was a womaniser who 'd treated his wife shamefully . |
| 15 | Lord Owen called that a waste of time . |
| 16 | Esther Rantzen called this a sign of hope , ‘ Addiction is n't necessarily the end of the line . ’ |
| 17 | Sir Robert Mark , Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ( 1972 — 1977 ) , had always advocated the need for the police to have adequate notice of processions in public places and included such a suggestion in evidence to Lord Scarman at the time of the Red Lion Inquiry . |
| 18 | She believes she passed the habit to daughter Cherie as she puffed 50 a day during pregnancy . |
| 19 | Rachel has been lapsing in and out of horrific hallucinations at Liverpool 's Broad Green hospital since she took half a tablet of Ecstasy at a party 11 days ago . |
| 20 | ‘ It was against this background that a man of impeccable character , a man of peace , felt such a degree of frustration and threat to the respectable little community in which he lived that he snapped . ’ |
| 21 | And she wondered why she felt such a sense of despair . |
| 22 | Indeed , here with Kitty at the edge of the woods , she felt such a relief into unselfconsciousness that she bathed in it as she bathed in her pool . |
| 23 | I felt such a hypocrite in church , knowing that He knew about me , knowing that no matter how much I washed I was still unclean , unfit to stand in His house . |
| 24 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 25 | ‘ I never saw such a union of earth , sky , and sea , ’ Dorothy wrote following one hill-top walk . |
| 26 | This meant first a period in hospital , then periodic visits to the clinic . |
| 27 | On the way back from the cemetery he visited Sainsbury 's and bought half a pound of fillet steak , the materials for a green salad and a bottle of champagne . |
| 28 | Horbury , of Pontypool , Gwent , admitted he drank half a bottle of whisky that night . |
| 29 | Then I went to the Ladies and drank half a pint of water in little trickles in my cupped hands . |
| 30 | Lorton blew his nose and drank half a mug of coffee . |