Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 2 | The following morning her child was delivered stillborn and her condition deteriorated to such an extent that , but for her expressed wishes , a blood transfusion would have been given . |
| 3 | In the end , her uncertainty grew to such a pitch that she expressed it . |
| 4 | Because at the end of the day , at the end of the negotiations , we were left with the two choices either the our budget reduced by half a million , which is point one six per cent — right — that budget or the Labour budget . |
| 5 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 6 | Because of the unusually large number of old folk living at Low Birk Hatt we had more than our share of funerals and everything was made worse when Daddy died at such a young age . |
| 7 | This visits period lasted for half a term , although for some subject departments it was completed during four weeks . |
| 8 | Such ‘ ownership ’ of plans would give the school a clearer and more unified sense of purpose and direction and reduce the stress felt in such a time of educational change . |
| 9 | The sauce , a mixture of many ingredients , was poured over the snails and the whole simmered for half an house . |
| 10 | That 's why Keegan 's swoop came as such a shock . |
| 11 | Reconstruction meant for many a potential realisation of hopes for better housing , education and health . |
| 12 | As far as I know , no one else in the Dale caught it — except my Uncle Tommy , my father 's brother who had come to run the farm for us when my father died at such a tragically early age . |
| 13 | The want felt for such an organization for the promotion of their intellectual , social , moral , temporal and spiritual welfare is very great ; there is a wide field of usefulness for the proposed union . |
| 14 | The clerk listened with half an ear to Ranulf 's chatter about the banquet and the Prince 's open display of affection for Gaveston . |
| 15 | Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys . |
| 16 | The call from Scotland Yard came through half an hour after Wexford got back to the station . |
| 17 | And that part of her life seemed like such a long time ago . |
| 18 | Davidoff et al have shown that the Beau Ideal was underpinned by a morality of mutual duty and service , although the benefits and freedom which each participant drew from such an arrangement varied directly according to their position in the hierarchy . |
| 19 | She felt deeply moved that such a humanitarian statement came from such a humble source in such unexpected surroundings . |
| 20 | The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure . |
| 21 | The first day a tyre burst with such a loud crack I thought someone was shooting at us . |
| 22 | Within Japan economic and social changes during the Tokugawa period imposed severe strains on the political system , but despite growing concerns over the implications for Japan of foreign advances in Asia , seclusion remained for many an article of faith . |
| 23 | Instead , consonant with the prevailing economic orthodoxy , the public interest became at most a background justification for the free availability of incorporation and limited liability . |
| 24 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 25 | The Court of Appeal held that no appeal lay in such a case . |