Example sentences of "[noun] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within fifteen minutes everyone in the cast — apart from me — was talking about this . |
| 2 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 3 | Due to the housing and building recession everyone in the stock market knew it would be reporting dreadful figures this week . |
| 4 | Yeah that was the furniture repository nothing about the crystal palace . |
| 5 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 6 | So I gave you a topic sport or a hobby or an interest that you had and you produced a thought pattern for that just as we 'd done in the practice one with the subject of water , but then we moved on a stage further to get what are called a structured thought pattern . |
| 7 | which er it costs one pound something for the insurance . |
| 8 | I 'm Jack Gordon , I 'm Director General of aircraft one with the Ministry of Defence . |
| 9 | A quick photo ( well it was very pretty even if it was small ) and back into the water with a few quick words something to the effect of ’ go send me your grand-daddy ’ . |
| 10 | make a note to check any " odd ones " in other lists later match up the separate lists one against the other to make sure that each list contains a different sound . |
| 11 | Well , that night everyone went to sleep because if there was going to be a wedding everybody in the village would surely have to go . |
| 12 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 13 | And she did owe Lilith something for the birthday message . |
| 14 | Now I have a figure in front of me which came from the International Air Transport Association who say that in January something in the order of sixteen flights were cancelled , and airlines lost more than five hundred million pounds in revenue , of which three hundred million was lost by European airlines . |
| 15 | Mr Beamish , on the other hand , showed no interest in my plight ; he was anxiously examining the horse 's hind feet one after the other . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh — ’ he tutted with annoyance , and lifted his feet one after the other . |
| 17 | Both adult birds and their young stake everything on the effectiveness of this camouflage . |
| 18 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 19 | There 's a great big cabbage one at the bottom and there 's a beauty there , with more mauve on . |
| 20 | He must balance the movements one against the other to give proportion and emphasis as well as dimension . |
| 21 | More freedom with the box , but of course none of the joy of transparency . |
| 22 | And in the middle of June the bridge office will be going through the same exercise and June the nineteenth , I think , it 's the Monday everyone within the group will be working to the group 's quality systems . |
| 23 | For two days nothing beyond the ghost of the walnut tree showed through the flickering screen of brownish-yellow light . |
| 24 | Now football , and Swindon Town have moved up into sixth place in the first division after beating Grimsby Town one-nil at the County Ground last night . |
| 25 | But can we give as a definition of pragmatics nothing but the complement of , or the residue left by , semantics in the field of meaning ? |
| 26 | Mr Jones explained : ‘ Although we pay professional musicians , choreographers , and a musical director none of the cast take a salary . ’ |
| 27 | Eye movements tell the transmitter something about the receiver . |
| 28 | This clarity , aided by his youth , made him handsome , though there was about the handsomeness something of the coldness of a coin . |
| 29 | University , Daddy something in the city ? ’ |
| 30 | The flanges are two and half inch and then they 're bolted together er corresponding er fluctuating bolts one after the other . |