Example sentences of "[det] [noun] and [verb] in a " in BNC.

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1 " It is a bit ; will you open the back door for a few minutes and let in a breath of air ? "
2 The frequencies obtained are then normalised in some manner and stored in a transition matrix .
3 TAKE a step back into the past this week and indulge in a feast of Northern Ireland 's cultural and historical heritage as part of European Heritage Day .
4 Jim Pickering was one of the four : ‘ I was Red 2 in company with Red I and Green Section when I saw a Ju88 engaged by A.A. about 1,000 feet above us … he saw me at this height and turned in a circle onto my tail .
5 But , we always thought then that it was going to bring about the end of all these things and result in a future where
6 The couple can not use physical contact to avoid conflict , and so have to make friends , talk to each other and negotiate in a non-physical way .
7 This sometimes occurs in certain environments and when asked how this could be rectified he said it was not viable to work on a computer of that age and invest in a new one .
8 Quinn is represented by several heads of historical figures , modelled in bread and cast in bronze or lead ; ‘ Self ’ , the celebrated self-portrait created from eight pints of the artist 's own blood and displayed in a refrigeration unit ; and ‘ You take my breath away ’ , an empty latex cast of the artist 's body suspended from the ceiling like the skin of St Bartholomew .
9 Meanwhile the mother of a nine-year-old boy who was from the same town and died in a ski-ing accident , is being cared for by a church group .
10 Like the being able to slip out of his own head and stand in a corner , hang on the ceiling , terrifyingly , silent-screamingly BE SOMEWHERE ELSE , looking back at the body left behind .
11 For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies .
12 This argument , that the Scottish party should elect its own leader , raise its own funds , hire and fire its own staff and sit in a Westminster coalition with the English and Welsh Labour Party , is something which acutely interests a few hundred activists , but not many MPs , and one guesses , precious few voters .
13 Eileen remembers Selina as a bubbly girl who helped to scrub the floors of the tourist office , made her own clothes and lived in a small cottage .
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