Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a little way I halted and looked back . |
| 2 | After a little way the rabbit-hole suddenly went down , deep into the ground . |
| 3 | Pinkie said nothing about this because he was dazed by gin , and was not paying , and Richard said nothing because , after a little thought , he concluded that the wine was good enough for Pinkie . |
| 4 | Only four or so turns of the screw secure the blade , and quick changes were possible after a little practice . |
| 5 | After a little practice the full statements may be omitted as the mnemonics will ensure that the data is transmitted in the correct sequence . |
| 6 | ‘ Let me fetch you some water , ’ he said gently to the distressed figure on the sofa after a little time had passed . |
| 7 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 8 | The Wright amendment , named after a former speaker of the House , Jim Wright , permits flights leaving Dallas 's Love Field to fly only to cities in Texas and four neighbouring states . |
| 9 | One in the British Museum ( fig. 77 ) has been known since the eighteenth century and is called the Choiseul-Gouffier Apollo after a former owner . |
| 10 | Allegations of a government-sponsored campaign against the PPP [ see pp. 38152 ; 38338 ] grew after a former adviser to Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif claimed that he had been a member of one of two " election cells " created by Sharif 's Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) which had " rigged the 1990 elections by adding 20,000 bogus votes " in a number of constituencies to ensure the defeat of the PPP [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 11 | 50 After a half century of building and prosperity in the newly proclaimed Empire , Sigmar vanishes into the east . |
| 12 | The Dubliners had 58 runs to spare after a half century by Mark Cohen helped them reach 181 . |
| 13 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me husband , ’ she says , ‘ he get 's a bit borin' after a few pints . ’ |
| 15 | With all that , a player 's bag can feel like a ton after a few bogeys ! |
| 16 | We keep open house here and they can come and go as they please before settling down , as many do , after a few attempts . |
| 17 | After a few attempts it will drive as normal . |
| 18 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
| 19 | After a few attempts at checking myself by thinking of Hattie Jacques and Eric Sykes riding a tandem , I found myself back at the doctor . |
| 20 | After a few attempts , which often result in catching the ball off the toe , the player begins to feel how necessary it is to turn away fully in the backswing and to bring the club down on the correct path . |
| 21 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 22 | After a few glasses of the local ‘ dark and stormy ’ cocktail — a mixture of rum and ginger beer — the new Governor might agree with the poet Andrew Marvell who wrote of eternal spring in ‘ an isle so long unknown and yet far kinder than our own ’ . |
| 23 | In any case , it does not detract from my central theme that ‘ traditional ’ chemistry is brought alive by anecdotes and can be great fun , a feat that modern chemistry simply can not match except perhaps in the case of hydroxyethane ( ethanol ) , after a few glasses of which , who cares anyway ? |
| 24 | But , with the Christmas party season in full swing , revellers are warned to stop after a few glasses . |
| 25 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 26 | Ken Neil won the competition on ‘ how many ways to use an egg ’ and , after a few games of bingo , the 50 members enjoyed browsing around the Thrift Shop which had been opened specially because many can not get there on a Wednesday morning . |
| 27 | ‘ Mm , that 's better ! ’ she said after a few mouthfuls . |
| 28 | I thought after a few times she 'll stop and she 'll accept it . |
| 29 | Take particular note of every spot you see a bream roll , and after a few visits you will be able to form an accurate picture of where , how long , and what pattern the route forms . |
| 30 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |