Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot . |
| 2 | A submarine took them to the island and the party made a successful landing in rubber boats . |
| 3 | ‘ That guy 's going to need a submarine to scrape him off the bottom . ’ |
| 4 | That was half full of water and the ice had cut through the wood flow down the river , cos the water was coming in like hell and er cos one thing I had to do about it , had like a chain in the , in th in the boat , so we pulled the chain out , I pulled the chain out first and go just got the , the erm hull just above water so I bail the boat out with a bucket chuck it down the side right quick . |
| 5 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 6 | I think I a bit put it in the back now . |
| 7 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 8 | ‘ It would simply be a formality to renew it on a long-term basis . ’ |
| 9 | The historical interest of the collection and , indeed , of the palazzo itself has led to a decision to open it as a museum . |
| 10 | ‘ We had a bit of a struggle to get them for the wedding , but you can pull various strings to hold things back . ’ |
| 11 | There was always a scramble to obtain them after the meeting . |
| 12 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 13 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |
| 14 | Ferdinand believed Godoy was scheming for a regency to exclude him from the throne ; Godoy knew that Ferdinand was intriguing against him with the French ambassador . |
| 15 | For such old people one has to ask whether acceptance of their professed wish to stay at home carries with it a responsibility to protect them from the consequences of their infirmity . |
| 16 | ‘ It would have been a privilege to have you as a student … ah , but your French is already of so excellent a quality … and you are occupied with your researches . |
| 17 | Once , he had sensed a presence following him on the trail . |
| 18 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 19 | A wave slapped him in the mouth . |
| 20 | A manacle secures them to the Dubrovlag . |
| 21 | I tied a tarpaulin over the car and paid a farmer with a horse to drag it through the streets of the city and out to the Plainpalais gate . |
| 22 | The infliction of pain upon a horse affects it in a very profound way . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A heavy door swung open and a figure beckoned them into a warm lozenge of light . |
| 25 | The challenge was taken up by Harry Baker , who being provided with a weight placed it in a backet and walked from Halling Institute to Snodland Institute , so winning the bet , but he had more difficulty collecting his winnings . |
| 26 | Mr Yeltsin 's aides have said he would ignore a vote to remove him by the Congress , which was elected before the collapse of the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 28 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 29 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 30 | And a light silhouetted her against the wall . |