Example sentences of "to [det] [noun pl] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , timber felling grew to such proportions that a law was passed restricting it ; anyone found guilty of contravening this law more than three times , could be hung . |
| 2 | In addition to such items as a fridge and a vacuum cleaner , she has a dishwasher , central heating , hired domestic help and the use of the family car in the day time . |
| 3 | There was no easy solution to these problems but a number of alternatives could be considered . |
| 4 | A. abyssorum differs from A. otteri in the arm spine number , the lack of any terminal hook to these spines and a lack of tentacle scales on the tentacle pore , although in some specimens of A. otteri tentacle scales may be insignificant or absent from many pores . |
| 5 | Right then you suspected he was more to those Apaches than a friend or a boss . |
| 6 | He has hitched his wagon to more stars than a Romany king yet he 'd have put down lifelong roots at first love Manchester City , and not just because a ground called Maine Road was bound to be his spiritual home . |
| 7 | Dickerson and Brown began interviewing kids to find out how they felt about life , pressure and violence , and took the resulting screenplay , ‘ an adult story for kids ’ , he explains , to several studios and a host of big-name producers . |
| 8 | ‘ I have spoken to most captains and a lot of players and the general feeling is that we have played against sides in the past with Test players and we wanted to be able to fight fire with fire so to speak . |