Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | If the manager had wanted to take tough disciplinary action against Johnstone another opportunity arose a few days after the drunken sailor saga . |
| 3 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 4 | Also earlier this year the University formed a Managing Directors Club . |
| 5 | The reason for building a high mutation rate into the model is that the whole performance on the computer screen is for the benefit of human eyes , and humans have n't the patience to wait a million generations for a mutation ! |
| 6 | ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said . |
| 7 | Brenda reckons having her own bike has a few benefits . |
| 8 | Willie 's story starts a few years before his first Open triumph , and bears out his theory that his golf destiny was ‘ written in the stars ’ . |
| 9 | Each course has a substantial Teachers Book which not only explains how Fast Forward works and provides teachers notes , but also gives ideas for possible classroom organization , lesson plans , and guides to the different types of exercises and activities . |
| 10 | Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock . |
| 11 | All that vanished with the invention of the printing press a few years later , but many of the books in the Corviniana were made in Italy at that time . |
| 12 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 13 | The authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales have formed a task force to combat a disastrous algae outbreak on the Darling river system , which is killing large numbers of fish and livestock and disrupting drinking water supplies . |
| 14 | Thus , at the undergraduate level , the College offers a joint honours degree in conjunction with the University College leading to the Bachelor of Librarianship of the University of Wales , whilst suitably qualified librarians may undertake advanced study or research at the College , leading to a Master of Librarianship degree of the University or Fellowship of the Library Association . |
| 15 | The engine , which runs on unleaded petrol , is the all-British , award-winning 1.4k series and the car has a special sports suspension for a smooth , easy ride . |
| 16 | She had her blood test a few weeks ago . |
| 17 | There is also the intention to establish a major schools music competition , which will culminate in a special BT Scottish Ensemble concert . |
| 18 | Keep the rudder where it is and allow the speed to increase a few knots so that both you and the student can observe the exact position of the rudder pedals . |
| 19 | For the Nineties , it 's safe to predict that the nostalgia boom has a few years left to run , that Neneh Cherry , Roland Gift and Terence Trent D'Arby will become as big as they want to be , and that Bobby Brown 's crafty commercialisation of rap , soul and a vast ego will give Wacko a run for his money quite soon . |
| 20 | Cough worse ( < ) lying down which causes the most violent cough to appear a few moments later . |
| 21 | Last night 's shooting occurred a few hours after the previous victim , a former Irish Republican Army man shot dead by the Provos for allegedly turning police informer , was buried in Belfast . |
| 22 | This new method of composition can be seen clearly by comparing an etching of a figure done as an illustration for Max Jacob 's Saint Matorell and securely datable to Cadaquès , with a drawing done a few months earlier . |
| 23 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 24 | The difference between success and failure is marginal , but if a club goes down , managers lose their jobs , players lose their jobs , the club loses a million pounds . |
| 25 | It is true that the National Deaf Club attracted a few members from the provinces , but by and large , its membership has been confined mostly to London and its environs . |
| 26 | The heyday of Meccano 's Dinky vehicles was the Fifties and early Sixties , when a standard boxed Dinky car cost a few shillings new . |
| 27 | He noticed a dark bulk lying a few yards back along the causeway . |
| 28 | Each episode includes an enthralling children 's story full of magic , mystery , and music ; a ‘ language insert ’ which breaks into the story to give direct language practice ; and a song to practise the vocabulary and structures being taught . |
| 29 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 30 | Chatting in the bar at the festival centre , the 30-year-old writer/director shows a few signs of wear ( a bad back , a persistent cold ) but is obviously still riding the adrenaline rush of getting his movie made after years of struggling on the margins of the film industry . |