Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours are circulating among the ‘ Highgrove Set ’ — the circle of Gloucestershire landowners who mix with the royals — that Charles and Camilla may have met briefly at a hunt a week ago . |
| 2 | It is obvious that , heard horizontally , this series on its own would give no tonal impression , and if any group of three or more notes is used vertically as a chord the effect is bound to be dissonant and non-tonal . |
| 3 | Suspension was provided by two thick hawsers , one attached to his ankles and firmly anchored ashore to a boulder the size of a double-decker bus , the other attached to his wrists and fixed to a large steam yacht 's anchor fitting . |
| 4 | So , if a laser is shone directly into a gas the motion of the atoms relative to the laser will broaden considerably the range of frequencies absorbed . |
| 5 | In the event there were a gratifying number of white balls but too many black ones to see me through ( I was told later by a mole the names of some of those who had cast them , and I ca n't say I was surprised ) . |
| 6 | If the door remains closed and visits to the fruit house are kept strictly to a minimum the temperature can be maintained throughout the winter months . |