Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bentley Drummle came from a rich family living in the country . |
| 2 | All this time he had been keeping a reserve force waiting in the library . |
| 3 | There is not now a reigning champion left in the event . |
| 4 | ‘ What 's that ? ’ asked Fairham , pointing at a rusted grille set in the concrete close by the wall of the hospital wing . |
| 5 | On shopping the statement 's aim is to ‘ enhance Middlesbrough 's position as the area 's premier shopping experience where the widest choice , highest quality and a friendly welcome combine in the exciting atmosphere only a thriving town centre can offer . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it can be claimed that such exploration will be discussing a theistic structure found in the Eastern as well as the Western traditions . |
| 7 | Hypnosis does not increase the recall of meaningless information like nonsense syllables , which it should do were it tapping a hypothetical memory-taperecorder lurking in the subconscious . |
| 8 | Now let us take Midgley at her word and ask what Griffin , as a representative scientist specialising in the field of animal thinking , has to tell us about possibly the most basic attribute of all animals , namely , consciousness . |
| 9 | Order dropped from my memory as a sticky substance melted in the sun might drop from a table and spread on the floor . |
| 10 | Oh a great help to sandwiches and a sit down meal at dinner at table with the family , it was far better than a dry sandwich eaten in the barn . |
| 11 | A private buyer bidding in the room purchased two appealing lots , a large ‘ Allegory of Abundance ’ ( lot 73 ) by Domenico Piola ( £180,000 ; $288,000 ) and a Venetian ‘ Masked Ball ’ by Giovanni Antonio Guardi ( lot 80 ) for £305,000 ( $488,000 ; est. £180,000–200,000 ) . |
| 12 | Meiko World Inc , the holding company of Meiko Scientific in Waltham , Massachusetts , is ‘ in serious dialogue ’ about making a private share placing in the US , according to chief executive Miles Chesney . |
| 13 | All at once , she was a helpless rabbit trapped in the headlamps of a car . |
| 14 | Paasio also stated that " the reference to Germany as a possible aggressor contained in the [ 1948 ] Treaty of Friendship , Co-operation and Mutual Assistance between Finland and the Soviet Union [ see p. 9228 ] reflects values … which no longer prevail " , although the essential content of the treaty " retains its significance " . |
| 15 | The fist of our fighting people represents a unified determination born in the fight for national liberation . |
| 16 | A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties . |
| 17 | Wolman ( 1987 ) establishes that a strong relationship existed in the 1970s between poorly-performing urban areas and areas with a large percentage of their workforce engaged in manufacturing . |
| 18 | He said that at the party conference , those who feared they had a weak leader , could take comfort from the belief that there was a strong man waiting in the wings to take over . |
| 19 | A strong wind blowing in the right direction can put a metre on a high tide in exceptional circumstances , and the wind can also prevent the tide from receding as much as it should . |
| 20 | • a person on a normal routine working in the daytime ; • a night-worker ; • somebody with a very irregular life-style ; • a new-born baby ; • a watchkeeper on a merchant ship . |
| 21 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
| 22 | That is why some Americans have been bothered by suggestions from Paris , Bonn and Brussels that ( in the words of Jacques Delors , speaking in London on March 7th ) the Western European Union ( WEU ) should be ‘ the melting pot for a European defence embedded in the Community , the second pillar of the Atlantic alliance ’ . |
| 23 | The Church in Wales is soon to appoint a full-time priest to help in the area . |
| 24 | A wounded horse limped in the wheat , trying to catch up with the other cavalry horses . |
| 25 | When she spoke now , there was a cruel plan forming in the back of her mind . |
| 26 | A weak fire flickered in the hearth . |
| 27 | All cabins face outward with a panoramic window taking in the ever changing vistas . |
| 28 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 29 | A tall man dressed in the full scarlet traditional uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted police strode into the dining car and in a conversation-stopping voice said he had some serious information for us . |
| 30 | As elsewhere , the District recognised that a practicable solution lay in the appointment of resident tutor-organisers in rural areas . |