Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant who was employed as the manager of a bookmakers only met customers once ( if at all ) as most business was done by telephone and was of a credit nature . |
| 2 | Calcium and magnesium salts may then be added to partly catalyse conversion of a acids so pre-empting the boiling reactions . |
| 3 | The head of a childrens home has been arrested and charged on two counts of rape . |
| 4 | And now we 've got ‘ Boom Boom ’ back in the charts off the back of a jeans ad . |
| 5 | Joseph 's expression remained dubious for a moments then his face lit up again and he pointed westward over the captain 's shoulder . |
| 6 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 7 | I wish it was true that he was actually studying for A levels though . |
| 8 | And that 's what it amounts to , this ‘ Boom Boom ’ , this monster soundtrack for a jeans ad — relayed across TV screens and cinemas — this dirty , snatch-and-go story of carnal heat . |
| 9 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |
| 10 | Taxing work , determination , application , steadfastness , resilience : these were some of the qualities needed to make the grade as a sportsmen even at the more modest levels . |
| 11 | Yes so all this time were you still living in a nurses home ? |
| 12 | The studious intensity of learning a craft together , the long and fanciful discussions about the philosophies of life that were prevalent topics , and the unorthodoxy of their nightlife did not easily transfer to a happy-families home . |
| 13 | I still do n't think there 's enough sexual equality because erm , a couple of years ago I studied mechanics , and when I left college I found it very , very difficult to get on a mechanics course so I 'm back again doing computing to try and get a job . |
| 14 | One military intelligence soldier fired on a months ago claiming he felt his life was threatened . |
| 15 | A limited number of studentships available to UK students and on a fees only basis to EC applicants . |
| 16 | The charges of rape relate to a time two years before that , when he held a similar position at a childrens home in Norfolk , run by Norfolk County Council . |
| 17 | The claim was for a conciliation board , a national minimum rate of wages , a manning scale for stokehold , deck and galley , the abolition of medical examinations by a doctors privately appointed by the Shipping Federation offices , the right of seamen to a portion of their wages while in port and to have a representative present while signing on , the fixing of working hours and overtime rates and improved forecastle accommodation . |
| 18 | If such questions can be answered by a GIS then considerable sums of money could be saved by companies involved in distribution and sales . |