Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this was how a submarine came back from a successful patrol ! |
| 2 | A beech burst out like a fungus , matured , rotted , and fell in a cloud of tinder dust amid its struggling offspring . |
| 3 | A kitchen set up at a nearby ‘ dough ’ table can provide the ‘ food ’ — cakes , biscuits , sausage rolls or sandwiches . |
| 4 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 5 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 6 | Our subsequent participation has been conditional upon our acceptance of the inevitable — a curriculum constructed historically as a reflection of men 's ideas , assumptions and priorities , presented as objective truth : and a view of women informed by a range of ideologies collectively based upon notions of male supremacy . |
| 7 | Many kind Friends interest themselves in George Green 's behalf , and I find that by this day 's post an application has been made for a specimen of his hand-writing etc. and a hope held out of a situation ( in a Counting house , I believe ) , but if you were willing to take him , and if it could be arranged in other points , he would greatly prefer being in your establishment to any thing else . |
| 8 | In the opening shot I see Garfield at a lectern reading aloud from a Shakespeare first edition , bound in unborn calf . |
| 9 | ‘ Greasers are almost like hoods ; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up petrol stations and have a gang fight once in a while . ’ |
| 10 | My proposal asks a great deal of many of you : time , energy , commitment , a willingness to go along with a plan which there is not time to discuss at length , and with ideas which I do n't imagine will win universal approval . |
| 11 | If a member of a board arrives late at a meeting , and is not present during the whole of a hearing on an application , he must not vote with regard to that application : Goodall v. Bilsland , 1909 S.C . |
| 12 | ‘ Then you are without female dependants , ’ said Sophia , almost like a chairman summing up at a meeting . |
| 13 | And the little goblin followed Yanek up the mountain until they reached a high , lonely place where a waterfall ran down into a deep pool . |
| 14 | The Bible is quite clear that it is always a mistake for a Christian to go out with a non-Christian . |
| 15 | What do you think the difficulties could be if a Christian went out with a non-Christian ? |
| 16 | If the subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group are released into the private sector , with all the rhetoric about freedom and competition , one of the rights that will be established is the right of a buyer to sell on to a new owner Whatever safeguards the Minister may tell us , to salve his conscience , are built into the legislation , the truth is that they will disappear immediately further sales take place . |
| 17 | This is one of the Enemy 's favourite tricks : nothing is more convincing than a half-truth joined on to a lie . |
| 18 | Kenamun had not removed his gaze from Huy , who began to feel like a specimen , or , worse , a snake stared down by a mongoose . |
| 19 | A fight spills out of a saloon . |
| 20 | It appears a fight broke out after a game of pool . |
| 21 | A male settles close to a female and identifies himself by vibrating his wings to the rhythm of his love song . |
| 22 | As a male sets out along a branch , he leans over sideways , lifts one of his back legs and carefully expels a few drops of urine on to the sole of his foot . |
| 23 | So I tried the RSPCA inspector , but it seemed he was more concerned with a cow wandering about in a shopping mall in Carmarthen . |
| 24 | As the mourners left the Church , there had been plans for a Spitfire to fly over in a final tribute . |
| 25 | Critical analysis , one student journal proclaimed , ‘ generally produces results more significant than the best creative work now being written , ’ a judgement offered not as a complaint but as a boast : |
| 26 | On a pre-war state visit to India , he outraged officialdom by cutting a banquet to slip away to a pretty Burmese princess he had met at the Middlesex Regiment Ball . |
| 27 | Late in the afternoon , a porter came along with a creaking trolley carrying a coffee urn and snackstuffs , and everyone stirred to a kind of frisky wakefulness and examined the fare keenly . |
| 28 | A century ago , later life was a privilege reached only by a fortunate minority : average life expectancy was under fifty years . |
| 29 | A jay flew out of a nearby tree , startling them with its clattering wings , and then they heard the unmistakable sound of distant adult voices calling . |
| 30 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |