Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haymakers scythed steadily in a meadow a half-mile away , while much further off , far beyond the blur of fields and woods , dust whitened the sky . |
| 2 | Coleworthy was a knowledgeable woodsman and knew exactly to a foot the value of all standing timber , every small spruce seedling on his land . |
| 3 | United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them … |
| 4 | The crew said they had survived on the upturned hull , sleeping huddled together in a compartment the size of a double bed . |
| 5 | Yellow Wolf slipped away during a snowstorm the following morning , after Joseph had told him , ‘ You better go find your mother and my daughter . |
| 6 | The similarly-configured Beech Bonanza suffers from an irritating snaking wiggling Dutch roll at higher speeds , but this flying V-sign ran straight as an arrow an as smooth as silk . |
| 7 | Speculation about clashes among Time Warner 's top management spread quickly after an announcement the day after Mr Ross ' death that the board was being reconstituted and reduced from 21 members to 15 . |