Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [noun] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found a dark crevice up an entry leading to a court , and crouched down , head on knees . |
| 2 | She stayed near him till he slept , went out into the dark hall , switched on the light with pride and with the knowledge of what that little act meant , what it had cost , would cost ; she pressed a tiny switch on the wall , and electrons obediently flowed through cables , because the woman in the Electricity had so ordered it |
| 3 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 4 | We did 0–60mph in 5secs in the Rocket … drove a Volvo we loved … lived with a Ferrari for a month … built our own Caterham 7 … took a Lamborghini Diablo down a German autobahn at 201.4mph — and test the new Ford Escort , and liked it . |
| 5 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
| 6 | We reached the wall , and had a ceremonial walk up a half-mile section which has been restored . |