Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week .
2 Absent or available for over an hour , the gift of speech had been restored to Alistair — speech , that prince of all the faculties .
3 Two birdbaths have been stolen from addresses in Darlington , one from a garden in Esk Road and another from outside a house in Prior Street .
4 Birdbath theft : Two birdbaths have been stolen from addresses in Darlington , one was taken from a garden in Esk Road and another from outside a house in Prior Street .
5 Birdbath theft : Two birdbaths have been stolen from addresses in Darlington , one was taken from a garden in Esk Road and another from outside a house in Prior Street .
6 The children chased them , and all at once a crowd below .
7 Next , specific action may be agreed upon that is realistic and measurable with perhaps a contingency plan lined up too .
8 An analysis by the sex of children showed no significant differences between those with a son or sons only and those with only a daughter or daughters .
9 It was a glorious day , warm and sunny with hardly a cloud in the sky , but by late afternoon a fresh breeze was beginning to blow in from the west .
10 ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales .
11 He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country .
12 Three birdie putts were from three feet and one from only a foot .
13 The sky was clear and blue with not a cloud even in the west .
14 My hon. Friends and I feel justified in asking for a special debate to call attention to the ridiculous fact that , at Humberstone , which is part of the EDDR route , a mile of new road costing £1.5 million has stood finished and unopened for over a year , while the county and city councils argue about a proposed route by the side of the clinic on Scraptoft lane through a recreation area which happens to be owned by the city council .
15 ‘ He was the Baron 's brother — his twin , but younger by just a half-hour , and so different — in looks , temperament — everything .
16 But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head .
17 He really had very nice hands , large but well-shaped with just a shading of dark hair on the back of his wrists .
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