Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One dress was called ‘ Dying Embers ’ after a lady at a fancy dress party who 'd claimed she was dressed as dying embers — and if someone did n't poke her soon she was going home ! |
| 2 | ‘ As a guy , girls do not come after you like a guy would come after a girl in a band . |
| 3 | Therefore , because it is unlikely that there will ever be revised editions , and because I should just hate to see my name on anything that could not be relied on , the probability is that the books will progressively be withdrawn from publication after a currency of a few years . ’ |
| 4 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 5 | The former Middlesbrough reserve bounced back to form after a spell on the sidelines by hammering a hat-trick in the 6–1 win over Harrogate Town on Tuesday . |
| 6 | After a spell as a woodcarver , he became a printer by trade and had his own printing works in Glasgow . |
| 7 | KAMOZE RETURNS after a spell in a Jamaican jail , choosing a slightly rougher version of ‘ Hot Milk ’ than Sly & Robbie 's for this typically oblique lyric about his impending dominance . |
| 8 | Comfort is good , oily hands do n't slip easily and handles withstood a belting after a spell in the freezer . |
| 9 | After a spell in the army , he developed this into a business taking second-rate acts to provincial Soviet cities . |
| 10 | The gibbering hippies and spaced-out fatsoes who go there , they come back looking all clean and sane and fine , after a spell in the war , in the Nam , in what they call the shit . |
| 11 | After a spell in the sauna I had to make a choice . |
| 12 | Two people have gone on trial after a raid on a laboratory which carried out experiments on pigs . |
| 13 | Police cars chased two men after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley on Saturday . |
| 14 | Two men threw bottles and other material at police cars which chased them after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley . |
| 15 | Ahmed had to leave the job after a raid by an employment inspection team . |
| 16 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 17 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 18 | Without it , looking after a child during the day would mean some of them having to give up their studies . |
| 19 | They can actually go and chase after a person outside the station if if that is their their wish and at the moment that is erm that will continue to be the case . |
| 20 | Named after a person by the name of Guffbry it is initially used to diagnosed what ? |
| 21 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |
| 22 | She died suddenly in London , after a haemorrhage of an artery in the thigh , 29 June 1921 . |
| 23 | Newcastle 's fullback Maitland was sent off , followed almost inevitably by Hughie Gallacher after a fight with a Hungarian player . |
| 24 | He was arrested for disorderly conduct after a fight with a gang of Fulham fans outside a cafe in London 's Walham Green . |
| 25 | SHANNON Doherty , 21 , of Beverly Hills 90210 , has been charged with battery after a fight at a Hollywood club . |
| 26 | A man 's been charged after a fight at a pub between rival groups of football fans . |
| 27 | It 's thought to be that of a man last seen in May after a fight in a pub . |
| 28 | A MAN was charged last night with murdering a 32-year-old father-of-two who died after a fight near a nightclub . |
| 29 | A Co Armagh shop was robbed of £25,000 worth of goods this week — days after a copy-cat-raid at the same shop failed . |
| 30 | George 's last years were spent in Paris , the tedium of exile relieved by the pleasures of music ; he died there suddenly 12 June 1878 , after a drive through the Bois de Boulogne . |