Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a [noun sg] and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His scrawny body was naked except for a loincloth and the tattered remains of a jerkin . |
| 2 | She was naked except for a tampax and a lot of acrylic paint . |
| 3 | Old Charlie 's car wooden spokes , wooden wheels solid tyres and he used to sit up right in there same as I am now , like in a box and the old chauffeur was the chauffeur driving along . |
| 4 | She watched her mother walk out of the kitchen as if in a trance and a few seconds later Carla was nestled in her granny 's arms . |
| 5 | It would be a great shame to see shoppers travel from miles to the jewel in the crown of Darlington only to discover all the spaces in one of the town 's most central car parks had been snapped up and no more were available because of a council and a car park company going round in circles . |
| 6 | In summary , communication , whether between a person and the physical world or between people , involves each person in developing and manipulating a mental model by interacting with the situation . |
| 7 | There are similar provisions in relation to individual restrictions regulating minimum resale prices or charges as between a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 8 | The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) . |
| 9 | At its most basic , the actual design of a project or implementation of a task may not vary as between a partnership and a company . |
| 10 | Hardy 's description of Swanage is well-known : ‘ Knollsea was a seaside village lying snug between two headlands as between a finger and a thumb . ’ |
| 11 | Bells rang as though for a funeral and the first rumour was that both Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel had been killed . |
| 12 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 13 | Cabo Virgenes , which is today surmounted by a lighthouse that flashes a powerful beam every five seconds , as well as with a foghorn and a radio direction beacon , is perhaps the most navigationally important point on the Atlantic coast of South America . |