Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 It was an experience that bound us more closely than ever .
2 " I 'll give him an injection and leave you some sulphonamide — that 's what Mr Farnon uses in these cases . "
3 THE election of a new American president is an event that affects us all .
4 All you have to do is draw all the little bits of an object and push them all together to make a silhouette of the object and then performing one combine operation joins them all together to make an outline that would take you a lot longer to draw in one piece .
5 Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless .
6 I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’
7 Rain dragged Barbara Coleman away , with an urgency that took them both off balance .
8 A mechanic when he hits on an idea that makes him some money in a suggestion scheme though the joy is of the same substance but he will not feel the same depth of emotion as Einstein or Dante did .
9 He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash .
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