Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHILDREN fled in terror when a gala fireworks display went horribly wrong in Larne on Friday night . |
| 2 | Mr Reid said the matter came to light after a pupil informed a teacher that he had been offered drugs by the suspended boy . |
| 3 | These came to light when a couple brought the album in for valuation without knowing the artist 's identity . |
| 4 | The case , coinciding with the treatment of the subject of serial killings in a number of recent films , came to light when a man told Milwaukee police on July 22 that he had been threatened by Dahmer but then escaped from his apartment , where police later found numerous dismembered bodies . |
| 5 | Wounded men were groaning quietly , and a crippled grypesh bubbled with pain until a sailor finished it off . |
| 6 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |
| 7 | Veronica Sive 's interest in photography began at university when a friend suggested she ‘ look carefully through the lens ’ . |
| 8 | SUPERMAN Derek Kaye leapt into action when a trailer loaded with a car ran over his godson — and lifted it clear with ONE hand . |
| 9 | It was Marcus Judge who had created the Brotherhood and selected likely candidates for it , and it was Marcus Judge who decided upon punishment when a man 's work was unsatisfactory , when he was guilty of negligence , dishonesty or — worst crime of all — treachery . |
| 10 | An oil , ‘ Beach scene ’ , by Gladys Macabe went for £250 while a watercolour , ‘ village scene ’ , by Olive Henry made £100 . |
| 11 | Do you know sweetheart I have often wondered since I knew about things whether a brother or sister ever did love with such a love as ours . |
| 12 | Health Unions claim twenty people died in London because a computer dealing with 999 calls broke down . |
| 13 | They went on strike after a constable was killed by security forces . |
| 14 | Having reached this agreement , he allowed the king to take his time , and he did not even insist on returning to England , but renamed at Bec until a settlement had been reached . |
| 15 | The Croatian youngsters dived for cover when a starting gun was fired during a police dog display . |
| 16 | A TAXI ride home ended in violence when a man was attacked by two people with whom he shared the cab , a court heard . |