Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee .
2 On the marker posts that you see , the next time you , you travel past them at ninety miles an hour if you get time to see them , there is actually , a picture of the telephone headset and a number under that headset there will be an arrow pointing you in the direction of the nearest emergency telephone .
3 All I can remember is an object hitting me in the head as it came through the window and glass shattering everywhere .
4 It was a party of sixth-formers with an instructor teaching them about the effects of weathering , the differing levels of hardness of limestone and how the two combine to produce waterfalls .
5 But with an ocean buffering him from the worst of the raging debate about his future , he is showing no signs of cracking .
6 But with an ocean buffering him from the worst of the raging debate about his future , he is showing no signs of cracking .
7 The sheriff made an order placing her in the care of the social work department .
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