Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if these stories are to be believed then Jesus was a walker too , liking nothing better that a hearty stroll in the beautiful Mendip Hills in Somerset . |
| 2 | Perhaps it 's the pipistrelle bats and that 's why , if I looked , I would n't see anything outside but a disturbance of shadow . |
| 3 | ‘ Housebreaking on this scale merits nothing else than a custodial sentence . |
| 4 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 5 | The capitals are all different versions on the Corinthian pattern and each has a double abacus , a straight sided one above and a curved one underneath ; this is a later development from the dosseret and typical of Byzantine work of this date in Italy . |
| 6 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 7 | There were instances where young families had moved from an urban to a rural life and now wanted nothing else than a farming career . |