Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Suddenly a police van came round the corner and pulled up to see what was going on . |
| 2 | Apparently a Spurs fan had complained the previous week 's 606 that the Leeds had applauded the removal of Nick Barmby 's remains from the pitch at White Hart Lane after a tackle by our Johnny Pemberton . |
| 3 | An hour later a police constable went to the house to confirm Mr Hutchinson 's fears . |
| 4 | An hour and a half later a police wagon pulled up at the dock , and out from the back climbed a bleary-eyed Howard escorted by two gendarmes . |
| 5 | A few minutes later a police jeep screeched to a halt outside . |
| 6 | The Scots language is taught in a full first-year course as well as in English Language 1 and 2 , and there is also an honours course devoted entirely to it . |
| 7 | Ten days ago a police bullet had hit the explosive which Terry Place had hidden in a carrier bag in the tunnel . |
| 8 | Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented . |
| 9 | How could a working boy understand how a police escort had to be summoned in South America because there was such a large mob shouting and cheering for the ‘ Ingleses ’ , or appreciate an imitation of Josephine Baker ? |
| 10 | Then a police car pulled in behind , then another one , and four lovely bobbies got out and told the Americans — well , they must have been Americans , and huge they were — to put their guns away or be disarmed . |
| 11 | When ambitions to become an opera singer and then a sports writer failed , he turned to his third interest — car racing . |
| 12 | Earlier , the coalition of the CDS and the Popular Party ( Partido Popular — PP ) [ see p. 36776 ] , had lost its absolute majority on the council on July 9 , 1989 , when a CDS councillor went over to the mixed group . |
| 13 | The siege ended on Tuesday when a police marksman shot Pringle in the jaw from a house across the street . |
| 14 | He had a bad moment between Chiswick and Richmond when a police car stayed on his tail for half a mile . |
| 15 | Mr Chambers said shortly afterwards a police officer arrived and a van pulled up with six men inside . |