Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 2 | When an American member of the International League for Civil Liberties is shot dead in a police ambush , the killing is explained as an unfortunate but justifiable occurrence in the war against terrorism . |
| 3 | Other contributors who are working within this tradition ( Brenda Almond , Morwenna Griffiths , Mary Midgley and Anne Seller ) also consider in what ways central philosophical issues might look different from a women 's ( or feminist ) points of view . |
| 4 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 5 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 6 | An investigation has begun after a man was found dead in a police cell . |
| 7 | A MAN has been found dead in a police cell at Greenock , Strathclyde Police said last night . |
| 8 | Facts : the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrates ' court in April , 1990 to an offence of receiving and was ordered to perform 180 hours community service . |
| 9 | Witnesses said Murli Manohar Joshi , president of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party , was knocked unconscious by a police water cannon 's jet as he led 300 supporters towards parliament . |
| 10 | Adopted as their National Anthem , and the words mean something like , Let Him in Whose Veins Flows the Blood of the Netherlands Remains Free from a Foreigners Strain . |
| 11 | Facts : A commercial bank becomes affiliated with a securities firm . |
| 12 | On arrival in Turkey , the three became aware of a police campaign to stamp down on counterfeiters . |
| 13 | Joseph 's expression remained dubious for a moments then his face lit up again and he pointed westward over the captain 's shoulder . |