Example sentences of "a [det] [vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that a few get top marks , a big bunch get middling marks , and a few come near the bottom . |
| 2 | A few lay on the ground in exhausted or inebriated sleep , oblivious to children and dogs who clambered over them , or to the kicks from porters who found them in the way . |
| 3 | He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain . |
| 4 | Should you get into difficulties during this situation , a better method of recovery is to execute a half turn with the tail rotor control and allow the model to head off downwind . |
| 5 | LNTs are always a half step below the arpeggio note . |
| 6 | A half glance at the congregation , then back to eyeing the piece of paper . |
| 7 | In spite of his admiration for Baron of Buchlyvie , and having been so keen to purchase it , Kilpatrick sold a half share in the horse to his rival , William Dunlop . |
| 8 | By leaving him a half share in the house , I feel I am achieving two objects . |
| 9 | More fundamentally there was no guarantee that a once-and-for-all increase in the price of gold ( a doubling was frequently suggested ) would suffice . |
| 10 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |