Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament passed the bill and thereafter a creditor no longer had the power to detain a debtor already in prison at his pleasure , since the man could at once petition the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors for his discharge on the terms of his whole property , present and future , being given up for distribution among his creditors — and not only in London but to Commissioners who made circuits to hear such petitions in country districts . |
| 2 | Rudd added the goal and then a penalty . |
| 3 | ‘ Actually , ’ confessed the Navigator , perking up , ‘ I composed a poem and quite a good one . ’ |
| 4 | He came to spend the night , by agreement , twice a week and she saw him every day but there was no denying that he seemed a visitor and never a member of her household . |
| 5 | And er what , four the rest I think it was one pound five a Twenty five shillings every three months and you got a sovereign and often a five shilling piece . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ I heard a click and then a shot and one of our cats , Fluffy , came running into the garden . |
| 7 | But at once , for very fear that the bearded man who had reached out as I struggled with my hamper ( ‘ No , no , I do very well , thank you ’ ) might follow me and find out everything , I hailed a porter and then a cab , assuming a confidence I did not feel . |
| 8 | She underwent a lumpectomy and then a course of radiotherapy , and was due to start drug treatment when she met another cancer patient . |