Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She used ti take ma fer a walk ivvery day wi'oot fail , rain or shine , whether Ah wanted ti goa oot or not . |
| 2 | He must have liked the look of me because after a bit more discussion he said , ‘ Well , we 'll have to learn you to milk , and learn you to feed calves and the rest will follow on . |
| 3 | And it was after a pre-lunch 76 here that first time Scot , Chris Cowan , found himself heading the charge for a top qualifying place . |
| 4 | The helicopters of the Queen 's flight , used by the Queen and other members of the Royal family , have been grounded after a crash last month in which three air cadets died . |
| 5 | Eddie won by a single stroke only after a back nine countback . |
| 6 | But after a century this ‘ artificial ’ system had created a political life and interests of its own which were strong enough to resist its replacement . |
| 7 | SunSoft 's first attempt at courting major SCO distributors on behalf of Interactive Unix and Solaris-on-Intel apparently hit the right notes : After a session last month with the SCO Distributor Council ( UX No 385 ) , another meeting is being set up to look seriously into establishing a relationship . |
| 8 | The A.87 enters Glen Shiel at Shiel Bridge and after a level two miles in which the scenery is dominated by the highest of the Five Sisters , Sgurr Fhuaran seen in full stature , starts the gradual ascent to Cluanie , bypassing the old Bridge of the Spaniards , so called because of a battle here in 1719 between Redcoats and Jacobites , the latter being reinforced by Spanish troops . |
| 9 | Braintree have the psychological edge today , having knocked Margate from the top of the table early in the season with a 5–1 win after a seaside special on the Kent coast . |
| 10 | The call came after a vigil last night ended in violence when 25 police officers were injured in clashes with up to 300 mainly Asian youths who waited outside the hospital where Quaddus Ali is being treated . |
| 11 | FUTURE provision of after school care in the Braintree district is being considered by a steering group , set up after a seminar last November . |
| 12 | The defence , calling and cross-examining a number of US Drug Enforcement Agency officials , presented its case between Feb. 2 and March 10 , 1992 , after a delay due to heart bypass surgery on Judge William Hoeveler . |
| 13 | I had been warned on the ground to expect the phenomenon ; after a couple more practice stalls , and later in the circuit , I almost got used to it . |
| 14 | After a slot-it-out 18 months , which has seen them circuiting Europe and America like Nigel Mansell switched to turbo-boost , they turn up here — excuse the expression — absolutely knackered . |
| 15 | For example , in Calliphora flight starts after a jump due to the contraction of muscles running from the tergum to the trochanter of the mid leg . |
| 16 | The Shipman 's Tale stands at the beginning of the second largest fragment of the Tales , fragment VII by the conventional numbering , a fragment which is consistently found in reliable manuscripts immediately after a fragment VI that includes the Physician 's and the Pardoner 's Tales . |
| 17 | In patients whose mucosa had returned to normal after a gluten free diet , the intensity and extent of class II major histocompatibility complex expression were similar to that seen in control biopsies . |
| 18 | The " Torogoces " , a music group named after a bird renowned for the beauty of its song , perform in the Morazan controlled zone . |
| 19 | An appeal has been launched by Priory School , Banstead , in memory of Joanne Long , who was tragically killed after a School Fun Day in May this year . |
| 20 | Mrs Helmsley was found guilty after a trial replete with tales of how she bawled out employees and charged $12 department store brassieres to her hotel . |
| 21 | At present there are no plans for structural repairs to the church , where problems first came to light after a survey two years ago . |
| 22 | After a midline abdominal incision , a catheter ( internal diameter 0.89 mm ) was inserted through the gall bladder fundus into the lumen and tied in position to prevent any leakage . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most important law change to emphasise that rugby is played by players standing on their feet ; this season after a tackle any other player must be on his feet when he plays the ball immaterial of what distance he is away from the tackle . |
| 24 | Bitterness set into their relationship after a mid-week international , when Morgan returned to Manchester from Hampden to find that the Daily Mail had run a sensational story about a behind-the-scenes bust up between Morgan and his boss . |
| 25 | AFTER a year long lay-off because of injury , sprinter Ruth Girvin is back in action — and back among the medals . |
| 26 | After a year these shares could be sold freely . |
| 27 | Larne boss Gary Erwin had threatened to quit after a midweek Irish Cup exit to Cliftonville . |
| 28 | Thomas has been unable to shake off his recurring injury and , when the problem flared again after a midweek reserve game , he was sent for surgery . |
| 29 | After a goal each from Tony Marchant , for Northern , and Tony Thorniley , loose forward David Heron and skipper David Hobbs combined to put Great Britain second rower Fairbank over for his fourth try of the season in the 17th minute . |
| 30 | After a while one of the Men began climbing the tree . |