Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility that the MacQuillan empire was facing hard times raised interesting questions about the future of the Post , but Rain 's glass was empty and Shildon read that as a signal that she was impatient to leave . |
| 2 | ( 16 ) the claim is brought for money had and received or for an account or other relief against the defendant as constructive trustee , and the defendant 's alleged liability arises out of acts committed , whether by him or otherwise , within the jurisdiction . |
| 3 | Old Red acknowledged that with a nod and walked on into the corridor . |
| 4 | Jill withdrew and after a sip or two of tea I began . |
| 5 | The rapid recording or repetition of the circumstances of longitudinal experiments in science meant that in a day and a night , without any intervention from a pupil or a teacher , the replication of two terms ' work could be completed . |
| 6 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 7 | But the chapter , having no protector after God unless it be the Roman pontiff , asserted that for a certainty unless he had that church demolished the metropolitical dignity would , for the most part , be transferred to it . |
| 8 | One RUC officer said : ‘ If you wrote that into a play or novel , people would n't believe it , but it actually happened . |