Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] [verb] a [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his desk , a portable phone and an A4 Filofax ; to his right a hi-fi system resembling a Richard Rogers building ; to his left , a waste disposal unit … for demo tapes . |
| 2 | Sometimes he and Charlie would spend a Saturday afternoon playing a George Formby record again and again until they 'd got all the words of ‘ I 'm Leaning on a Lamppost ’ or ‘ Chinese Laundry Blues ’ . |
| 3 | This standard feature makes it very difficult for a car thief to steal a Clio and falsify its identity . |
| 4 | These are millions of light years away from both the Solar System and here , yet a week before , a freighter captain saw a Dalek space ship very close to this world — Kembel . |
| 5 | 25 April : a night raid destroyed a Maryland ( AR705 ) and a Magister at Luqa . |
| 6 | A $1,000 single-user version allows a Unix workstation to become a NetWare client for file and print services . |
| 7 | Gionesca wore a bedsheet and a necklace of rabbit-bones , and led four pall-bearers carrying a plastic carton containing a Marlboro butt . |
| 8 | After wartime service in the US Army Intelligence Corps , Walton used his savings and a bank loan to buy a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport , Arkansas . |
| 9 | Her legs brought her to a halt in front of a glass case containing a Leeds dinner-service . |