Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] in a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one takes wines such as these together with the inevitably ill-fated attempts to make a red wine from black grapes grown in a climate barely hospitable enough to ripen a grape , let alone colour it , a wealth of curiously coloured , clouded wines must have constituted the norm , despite a half-hidden glint of pink or red in a few instances . |
| 2 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 3 | Cook the onion and garlic in a little water for 10 minutes . |
| 4 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 5 | Perhaps cuckoos have only in recent centuries started parasitizing their present hosts , and will in a few centuries be forced to give them up and victimize other species . |