Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bit I learnt quite a lot in , from the back you know , in the terraced . |
| 2 | From my bedroom I had quite a clear view of the lake between two neighbouring houses . |
| 3 | There was a card club which met once a week in winter , where Green played with a group of about a dozen , including his doctor , Richard Scambler , and James Fleming of Grasmere and the Partridges , Robert and Edward . |
| 4 | The second accident involved an 18ft boat which capsized just a few yards off the Lincolnshire coast . |
| 5 | And the kind of thing they made of course erm were just short moments of motion , short silent films which showed action which lasted about a minute . |
| 6 | The result represented a victory for the " moderate " current associated with President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , already apparently favoured by the pre-election screening which eliminated about a third of the prospective candidates — most of them reportedly belonging to the more radical faction . |
| 7 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 8 | For the appropriate timing for such an application , see Ginera Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 136 , in which the Second Division considered it would be " odd " if an applicant who had only a provisional grant of a licence , could have permission for Sunday opening before the licence for the premises was in force . |
| 9 | Yet in dark silhouette she seemed almost a Stealer . |
| 10 | Why one girl who possessed only a hidden face and a printed name ? |
| 11 | Two weeks in a semi-finished house , with a man who does n't give a damn about appearances have worked their magic , and I do n't know if I 'm Cinderella now or the pumpkin , but I 'm certainly not the obnoxious girl who arrived here a fortnight ago . |
| 12 | Approaching the village hall we saw quite a crowd outside , and while we waited more and more people joined us . |
| 13 | It proved immensely effective at communicating party campaign themes to the electorate , but in the short span of an election campaign it had only a small influence on the public 's issue-agenda . |
| 14 | The University itself issued just a simple statement , mentioning that he was an amiable student , who divided his spare time between playing rugby and the saxophone — a passion of Clinton 's to this day . |
| 15 | Prior to 1974 , hospital accounts were generally maintained only on the traditional income and expenditure account basis which showed only a ‘ subjective ’ analysis of expenditure ( ie salaries for doctors , salaries for nurses , expenditure on drugs , etc ) . |
| 16 | I state this only as a general and not as an invariable premise because of the possibility of cases in which the court would not authorise treatment of a distressing nature which offered only a small hope of preserving life . |
| 17 | The corner of his lips twitched a little with a solemnity which suggested only a matter of some gravity would persuade him to venture this close to the personal . |
| 18 | She might consider joining Ellie Niven 's women 's group which met once a week to promote the interests of their sex . |
| 19 | The overwhelming majority of these came from Dar es Salaam and the few other urban centres around the country : a group which constituted only a minority of listeners . |
| 20 | He made his feelings known to his team who threw away a 2–0 lead to crash to their heaviest home defeat of a troubled season . |
| 21 | Yet in the first autumn of the war he seemed neither a famous traitor nor an infamous war criminal . |
| 22 | I remember David had a look of amazement on his face because at this point he had quite a few gold albums , but he still did n't have the money because the rate that they made money went straight back into making the show even bigger and better , and everybody travelled in style . |
| 23 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 24 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
| 25 | Again , this was a 1960s fad which lasted only a very few years ( c 1966–69 ) , although split-screen sequences had occasionally appeared in fantasy films such as musicals in the 1940s and '50s . |
| 26 | Protests culminated in a mass rally in St James Hall on 21 August , followed by an open-air meeting next day which drew over a quarter of a million people . |
| 27 | Getting to the Health Centre was a tedious business involving a bus and a clanking ride for a few stops on the underground and Erika was glad to find her way to it , jammed among the usual blocks of flats , although at that time of night they had rather a festive air with every window lighted . |
| 28 | So do we understand from that that in the event it made only a few seconds difference , if at all ? |
| 29 | My team , Guizhou Agricultural College , were beaten 24–16 by the Guizhou University in a game which attracted about a hundred spectators and in which ten tries were scored . |
| 30 | David Penney the scorer and after what happened against Portsmouth last week they realised even a 3-goal lead is n't safe these days . |