Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A submarine took them to the island and the party made a successful landing in rubber boats . |
| 2 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 3 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 4 | A wave slapped him in the mouth . |
| 5 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 6 | And a light silhouetted her against the wall . |
| 7 | But a witness saw him outside the premises . |
| 8 | Haines fell over and a Corporal kicked him in the stomach , shouting at him to stand up . |
| 9 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 10 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 11 | She was still deep in thought when the sound of a car drew her to the window . |
| 12 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 13 | A constable had him by the arm and was turning him about — was that all ? no arguments ? |
| 14 | A constable led her along the corridor past fluttering notices and an electric clock that had stopped . |
| 15 | A guard ushered them into the Beauchamp Tower and up into Mistress Philippa 's chamber on the second floor . |
| 16 | As before , a guard accompanied me to the barracks ; but this time , on the way back , we met two officers : it was exactly what I had hoped for . |
| 17 | A bomb hit us in the night , d' ya not know that ? |
| 18 | A waiter led her to the table she 'd booked downstairs , and left her to study the menu . |
| 19 | The curtain of rain caught them up and in a moment soaked them to the skin . |
| 20 | A head collar was eventually put on her in the chute , and when she threw her head up in anxiety a roustabout hit her on the face with a lump of wood ‘ for being so stupid ! ’ |
| 21 | A taxi took them from the airport to Commander Zadak 's office , some kilometres north of Sydney . |
| 22 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 23 | Therry Buleita spent a whole night in this position ; each time her head dropped , a policeman kicked her in the face . |
| 24 | A policeman found him in the river near Waterloo station . |
| 25 | A chill caught him in the stomach . |
| 26 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 27 | But he proved right about the size of Switham Thicket , for a bare quarter of a mile brought them to the outskirts of the other side , and almost immediately the horse was turned into a walled aperture of crumbling stone , its high , rusty iron gates wide open . |
| 28 | The shadowy form of a woman crossed it before the Empress moved out of Isabel 's line of vision . |
| 29 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
| 30 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |