Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was |
| 2 | Christians of different denominations feel much closer together now — at the parish level — than they used to even a few years ago . |
| 3 | Buddie had taken out his little silver tin and was in the process of rolling one of those thin straggly cigarettes that flared when lit and vanished after only a few puffs . |
| 4 | However , the most distinctive part was not the chalk uplands but the little Thames-side hundred of Stoke , lying on the richest soil and closest to London , where little short of half the aggregate wealth belonged to just a dozen men — 2½ per cent of the listed inhabitants — rated at £40 and upwards , indeed practically one-third belonged to the five rated at £100 or more . |
| 5 | Although both the USSR and Somalia downplayed the Soviet presence in Berbera , there existed at least a long-range communications station for submarines at Berbera , which formed part of the Soviet nuclear strategic infrastructure . |
| 6 | Cos I asked in here a few weeks ago and they said . |
| 7 | They married the fact of a German kingdom to the theory of Italian churchmen and the offspring survived for nearly a thousand years . |
| 8 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 9 | The paintwork was black , the walls covered in silver foil ; each of a line of doorways blazed with about a thousand watts of brilliance and there was a smell of greasepaint and cleansing cream that she had n't encountered since having a couple of bit parts in school plays . |
| 10 | He talked to over a thousand sheikhs in Mesopotamia and — ’ |
| 11 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 12 | The ground heaved for about a hundred metres , more turf broke through and the smell increased . |
| 13 | Vega-built B–17G N3509G had undergone an intensive maintenance and restoration programme at World Jet Inc in Florida and looked at least a million dollars , but the bidding slowed at $900,000 . |
| 14 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
| 15 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 16 | DOZENS more East German refugees arrived outside the West German embassy yesterday seeking asylum and passage to the West , including some who missed by only a few minutes a train that took more than 800 of their compatriots to West Germany . |