Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The siege ended on Tuesday when a police marksman shot Pringle in the jaw from a house across the street . |
| 2 | There are two main methods by which the purchaser can raise the cash : through a share issue namely a rights issue or a cash placing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Ten days ago a police bullet had hit the explosive which Terry Place had hidden in a carrier bag in the tunnel . |
| 5 | He had a bad moment between Chiswick and Richmond when a police car stayed on his tail for half a mile . |
| 6 | A few minutes later a police jeep screeched to a halt outside . |
| 7 | An hour later a police constable went to the house to confirm Mr Hutchinson 's fears . |
| 8 | The courses at Edinburgh ( one of only four universities in Britain where an honours degree in Sanskrit may be taken ) aim to provide a detailed study of the manifold achievements , both secular and religious , of that civilisation . |
| 9 | Just 24 hours earlier a Sports Council spokeswoman , defending the drug tests , declared : ‘ How do you think the competitors would feel if our findings were proved wrong ? |
| 10 | The project intends to test this possibly by investigating the impact of group discussion on children 's explanations of floating and sinking , and of motion down an inclines plane . |
| 11 | They should , for that matter , hand out a runners-up trophy too a replica of Wembley would do so the beaten finalists would have more than forced smiles to parade on homecoming day . |
| 12 | She 's recently returned from Bolivia where an Arts Council grant enabled her to shoot the natives living in the foothills of the Andes . |
| 13 | She 's recently returned from Bolivia where an Arts council grant enabled her to shoot the natives living in the foothills of the Andes . |
| 14 | Sure er it 's John currently a police sergeant stationed at . |