Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They scotched 'is little caper an' what was left was too small fer a cartage business so 'e pulled out . |
| 2 | He has only a one-year contract and there have been differences with chairman Bob Murray , including the failure to sign Everton 's Ray Atteveld , the loss of Paul Bracewell after a contract dispute and a boardroom veto on selling £750,000 Gordon Armstrong to Southampton . |
| 3 | He has only a one-year contract and there have been differences with chairman Bob Murray , including the failure to sign Everton 's Ray Atteveld , the loss of Paul Bracewell after a contract dispute and a boardroom veto on selling £750,000 Gordon Armstrong to Southampton . |
| 4 | A penalty goal by Smith after a lineout barge and a goal nicely dropped by Matthews from the short side of the scrum , briefly gave Gloucester the lead . |
| 5 | There was some criticism among Burmans about the appointment of a missionary as DPR , but after a press conference or two and visits to key people , the criticism died down , and in a public lunch given by the Chinese to welcome their new Consul-General , I was asked to speak . |
| 6 | It can also occur after a heart attack or , if you are taking drugs to treat high blood pressure and you exceed the recommended dose . |
| 7 | He was banned for seven weeks after a spear tackle and handed an eight-week suspension for biting . |
| 8 | This means that realistically it is only a new board , after a boardroom coup or a take-over , or the liquidator , who will be in a position to act . |
| 9 | But two minutes into injury time their defence got into a tangle after a Logrones throw and let the ball run through to Agustin Abadia , who thumped in his second goal of the day to level the scores . |
| 10 | GRAHAM STUART was placed in the £3 million bracket after a wonder goal that had Match of the Day 's team , as well as his own , in raptures . |
| 11 | Next year 's French Grand Prix may be reprieved after a Government announcement that cars carrying cigarette advertising will not be seized . |
| 12 | Leading marksman Brett Angell will be missing until February after a thigh operation and full-backs Dean Austin and Peter Butler have been sold . |
| 13 | Leading marksman Brett Angell will be missing until February after a thigh operation and full-backs Dean Austin and Peter Butler have been sold . |
| 14 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 15 | But after a while Deborah and her assistant worked out a system through which everything passed and which was regulated by a strict design timetable ; this was sanctioned , but not directed , by Laura . |
| 16 | What happened instead was that after a while Filmer and Daffodil appeared in my view , making a diagonal course towards the station buildings , and pretty soon afterwards , accompanied by a lot of bell-ringing and warning hooters , a huge bright yellow diesel engine came grinding and groaning past my window followed by long corrugated silver coaches as the whole of the regular Canadian rolled up the track next to the race train and stopped precisely alongside . |
| 17 | After a while Harbury and Linda detached themselves from a group and carried their drinks over to join Rain . |
| 18 | Defender-turned-striker Paul Warhurst is fit and could well play alongside either Nigel Jemson , David Johnson in the running just three weeks after a cartilage operation or Watson , if he recovers . |
| 19 | The Titfords ' immediate neighbours boasted domestic servants : two of them to look after a boot manufacturer and his wife at no. 15 , and just the one to attend to the needs of a photographer and his stepdaughter who were living on the other side . |
| 20 | The low-lying helmet streamer , lower right , was formed after a prominence eruption and coronal mass ejection . |
| 21 | I 'm quite concerned that my four year old daughter is after a Sindy doll and wondering whether perhaps Sindy dolls should n't be produced in erm such diverse figures as real life ? |
| 22 | And to prevent the game being faced with another can of worms , the system of picking out illegal or violent play must be done through proper channels — not after a TV judge and jury have sat . |
| 23 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 24 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 25 | Lastly the English school : Two of our number have died : Cathleen O'Connor ( Mrs Epstein ) and Margaret Partington who , after a period teaching and another working as copywriter with Kodak in Harrow while tending her ailing parents , worked for many years on the Encyclopedia Britannica , becoming Classification Editor for Literature and Music . |
| 26 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 27 | Valiant had a near miss at intercepting her one day as she homed into the Thames after a channel crossing but lost her on a chase up the Medway in which they stood no chance with the power boat 's superior speed . |
| 28 | Le Ponant , named after a trade wind and a small group of islands off Brittany , is 88 metres of sheer grace and beauty , its three huge sailing masts making it a breathtaking sight . |
| 29 | Dinoso et al have show that contractile activity is greater after a cleansing enema than in the unprepared colon . |
| 30 | It is rare for fertility to return after a sterilisation operation but , occasionally , the pathway through the fallopian tubes in the woman or the vas deferens in the man does re-open and fertility returns . |