Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Danish eluded her but the tone of voice nearer a growl than a polite question suggested she was being asked to state her business . |
| 2 | Instead of having the machine score the various positions that could be reached after one play , it could generate and then evaluate all the positions possible after a play and a reply , or a play , a reply and a counter-reply . |
| 3 | Declining per capita income over a prolonged period of time usually results in a change of government , sometimes after a revolution or a military coup . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll know more after a scan and a bone-marrow expiration ! ’ |
| 5 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 6 | The boys ' mother , Tracey Gardiner , 29 , and her five-month-old son , escaped unharmed after a neighbour and a passing mini-cab driver broke down the door and woke them up . |
| 7 | That the lion 's share fell to Florence rather than Siena , after a century and a half of medieval snatch and grab between the two republics is proclaimed by the splendid lions on the well and on the Marzocco column . |
| 8 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 9 | You 'll be better after a bite and a sup of something . |
| 10 | After a pie and a pasty and one or two other things ( ‘ all home made , terrific ’ ) he put a couple of sandwiches in a bag for half time . |
| 11 | After a song and a prayer , a priest in green vestments came on and preached a long sermon warning us all not to misuse authority . |
| 12 | I expect he was after a squirrel or a bird up there ; he 's a regular hunter . |
| 13 | It was an evening of celebration for me , and after a pint and a half of draught Becks , I would have welcomed the security of a rope . |
| 14 | Forty minutes was enough , but after a shower and a breakfast of fruit and cups of tea I felt very sprightly and strolled out to the row of shops nearby . |
| 15 | In the afternoon we went to a barbecue at our son 's house , and then , after a shower and a rest , we were off again to a buffet and reception in the town hall . |
| 16 | It was not until Friday morning , after a day and a half had elapsed , that the real fault was diagnosed . |
| 17 | POLICE have told jewellers around the Province to be on the alert after a man and a woman stole jewellery from a shop in Magherafelt . |
| 18 | The most damaging feature of the August figures , however , is that they showed no sign , after a year and a half of severe monetary tightening , that the worst was over . |
| 19 | A chance inquiry into an old debt revealed that the building had never been fully consecrated and thus would revert to Assheton family ownership after a year and a day 's disuse . |
| 20 | After a year and a day a hand-fast marriage can be broken , by the man or by the woman . |
| 21 | After a year and a half of desultory contacts , none of the parties to the conflict has shown itself able to give enough to elicit a useful response from the other side . |
| 22 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 23 | In a version of " The Unquiet Grave " collected from an old singer in 1906 the ghost of the dead lover returns after a year and a day and asks : |
| 24 | ‘ I now feel , after a year and a half on BP 's board , that I know enough about the company and the way it works to be able to make judgements about its style of management . |
| 25 | After a year or a month or possibly half an hour , God 's face looked in . |
| 26 | This climbs steadily in surroundings that become quite austere , reaching more open country after a mile and a half between walls and fences . |
| 27 | After a tour and a few interviews with convicts , she was in favour of sweeping reforms . |
| 28 | After a bath and a leisurely drink at the public bar he took his car and drove up the hill on to the moor . |
| 29 | After a bath and an early night to stave off jet-lag , we awoke refreshed and ready for the mammoth breakfast of fresh berries and juice , buttered muffins , hash browns , bacon and eggs — sunny side up , of course — coffee for me and English breakfast tea for Kenneth . |
| 30 | After a lifetime and a zillion points , the inconceivable happened : Dusty notched up a record and retired to his farm . |