Example sentences of "[noun] [num ord] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday did their hopes of European football next season a power of good by beating Manchester City 2–0 with goals by Hirst and Worthington . |
| 2 | Rangers , incidentally , are to issue every supporter travelling to Belgium with the club next week a booklet outlining the need for good behaviour in order to avoid an incident of the type in France which recently cost FC Brugge a UEFA imposed fine of £118,000 after they had reversed an earlier decision to have the match with Rangers played behind closed doors . |
| 3 | In Mali last week a monster in the throes of death sent a squad of victims ahead to await his ghost . |
| 4 | In the sitting room next door a log fire burned . |
| 5 | In a small adjoining room next door a group of women who act as counsellors and administrators were waiting to meet her . |
| 6 | Deposit first year second year a year later . |
| 7 | In April last year a worker was told to take bottles to a handling bay for disposal . |
| 8 | In April last year a community charge tribunal ruled that the 13 wives were entitled to exemption from the tax because they had ‘ a relevant association with a visiting force ’ as defined by the 1952 Visiting Forces Act . |
| 9 | But they will hope to put themselves more firmly on the map under their new name of Darlington Mowden Park next season a move which Darlington opposed . |
| 10 | The court heard that Patrick Stracey , 33 , of Warley Close , denied the charge , and after a three-day trial last month a jury failed to reach a verdict . |
| 11 | THIS TIME last year a crew of 50 descended on Caroline and Roger Shapland 's 17th-century Oxfordshire farmhouse , cut down the holly bush at the end of their drive , ripped up their carpets , removed their light switches and took over all but one of their bedrooms . |
| 12 | In the Commons vote in June last year a majority of 123 was against any change , and MPs believed the issue had been settled for this Parliament . |