Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twelfth-century popes were committed to maintaining their temporalities by the Reform movement which was preoccupied with temporal as well as moral rehabilitation , but it was Innocent who brought the Papal State nearer a political reality than it had been before . |
| 2 | One wooden paddle later formed the basis of' the front door of' a nearby house . |
| 3 | ‘ She was found out by a couple o' the local lads who went over Charin' Cross fer a good time . |
| 4 | Anyway , nuffink 's gon na 'appen fer a long while yet so the owners are lettin' the place out fer rent . |
| 5 | They did n't know their church had bin taken over an' wuz bein' used by the Triads , as a front fer a major drugs operation . |
| 6 | Marvel at The Little Woman Behind The Man : ‘ I 'd like to sing a song fer a special girlfriend who 's kinda important to me . ’ |
| 7 | I jus ' want a fair rate fer a hard job . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd pulled out of NARCOG after a blazing row with Hurley . |
| 9 | The mother of two had gone missing after a blazing row with her estranged husband , Jonathan , at his home in Longney , just a mile from where she was found dead . |
| 10 | BIRMINGHAM manager Terry Cooper last night sold his son , Mark , to Fulham for £40,000 , four days after a blazing family row . |
| 11 | A spokesman for Cleveland police said the men were arrested after a joint operation with Tyneside police early yesterday and brought to Teesside for questioning . |
| 12 | The opinion , which comes ten years after a joint opinion by Arden and Leonard Hoffman QC and which supersedes it , not only concludes that standards are likely to be accepted as authoritative by the courts but that they are likely to accept that that compliance with abstracts of the UITF ‘ is also necessary to meet the true and fair requirement ’ . |
| 13 | The flag-draped coffin of Musician Richard ‘ Taff ’ Jones , 27 , one of the 10 Royal Marines bandsmen killed by IRA bombers at Deal , Kent , being carried from the barracks church , St Michael and All Angels , after a joint funeral service for him and Musician Bob Simmonds , 34 . |
| 14 | Brett parted with Boris Becker after a fruitful association which brought Grand Slam triumphs , including Wimbledon , with the German superstar saying : ‘ Bob needs a new challenge . ’ |
| 15 | The death of the Eleventh Fürst , Johannes Thurn und Taxis , in 1990 , after a lavish life lived in anachronistic , princely , style , has revealed the financial disarray of a family previously thought to be enormously rich . |
| 16 | After a lavish dinner with Paris high-society celebrities , including former supermodel Ines de la Fressange and actress Jane Birkin , she went sightseeing with her sister , Lady Sarah McCorquodale . |
| 17 | After a homoeopathic meeting which we had attended in London , we went to visit a psionic practitioner in the southern counties to learn a little more about this subject . |
| 18 | Many people even find themselves losing concentration or sleep after a bag-snatching incident . |
| 19 | After a three-and-a-half-hour inquiry , an angry Eddery emerged to fume : ‘ I 've got to say I 'm unhappy with the outcome . |
| 20 | In another accident two people were taken to hospital after a three-car pile-up on the A350 , near Chippenham , in Wilts . |
| 21 | A 25-year-old mother was helping police last night after a stabbing incident in Eastcroft Road , Grangetown , Middlesbrough . |
| 22 | He had been moved from the Royal Alexandria Hospital , Paisley , to the private Alexandra Nursing Home almost a year earlier having suffered brain damage after a stabbing incident . |
| 23 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 24 | The normally small scabious scabiosa columbaria flowers in July and August , but if we have a wet spell now after a dry summer , then it could well flower a second time . |
| 25 | It was two years since I had stood on this spot on the way from Tan Hill to Hawes ; then the force had been a sluggish trickle after a dry spring , now , two years later almost to the day , it was a respectable torrent . |
| 26 | Wimbledon might have conceded a second goal on the stroke of half-time when Harford curled his shot narrowly over after a poor clearance by Segers . |
| 27 | The government 's plans to privatize public-sector banks [ see p. 38533 ] suffered a setback after a poor response from prospective investors . |
| 28 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 29 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 30 | Afterwards , however , he admitted to still feeling ‘ used up ’ after a poor night 's sleep . |