Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boat overturned and a sailor was drowned . |
| 2 | Viewers will see the interview interrupted when a voice announces that a Mr D. Melons is on the line asking for the actress . |
| 3 | I 'm surprised that one did n't work because I mean they 're usually hot on it , you know they know where to go and and usually there 's action taken if a councillor takes up the cause . |
| 4 | Sir Robin Butler , the Cabinet Secretary , has first-hand experience of the uncertainty created when a government loses power and the opposition fails to win it . |
| 5 | The Stamp Office confirmed that stamp duty will be assessed on the VAT-exclusive amount of any premium and rent reserved where a lease is granted between companies in the same VAT group . |
| 6 | Her condition improved but a week later the infection returned and she died . |
| 7 | But a gulf in perception will have to be bridged , leaps of faith made and a deal struck . |
| 8 | So I think I go to Carita 's to have my hair done and a manicure . ’ |
| 9 | At Jennetts in Bideford , north Devon , on 15 May 2,300 litres of aluminium sulphate spilled when a hose came loose from a tank . |
| 10 | One Guy Fawkes ' night , she found the children 's bedroom window shattered and a half-brick on the floor , so Peter tacked chicken wire across the frame inside . |
| 11 | By dealing with work done before a product is ready for market , the collaboration hopes to avoid violating US antitrust laws and other problems associated with intellectual property rights and the sharing of royalties . |
| 12 | There was also a boy called and a girl called who were there and I see them two and every morning as I walk to school . |
| 13 | As an exception to this rule , secured or unsecured loans or credits may be granted to a customer by the firm to fund a margin requirement provided that a credit assessment is made of the customer by an employee of the firm who is independent of the trading or marketing functions of the firm ( eg the compliance officer ) , and the maximum amount of the loan or credit to be granted has been notified to the customer and , in respect of a private customer , has been set out in writing and agreed by the customer in accordance with Rule 5 – 27 ( customer borrowing ) . |
| 14 | Mass production systems are dependent on the high demand created by mass markets , for it is only by making the fullest use of the capital equipment involved that a manufacturing organization can achieve its target profit levels . |
| 15 | An extremely lively question and answer session followed and a vote of thanks on behalf of Alresford RAFA was given by Air Commodore Brian Sills . |
| 16 | But minutes later , Robin 's 16-hour ordeal ended when a rescue team heard his whistle . |
| 17 | Their ordeal ended when a bank security guard spotted something suspicious on a television monitor and raised the alarm . |
| 18 | A battle ensued and a field on the farm is still known as ‘ Dead Man 's Holm ’ . |
| 19 | After his initial assessment the GP requested that a district nurse should visit , assess the wound and recommend an appropriate treatment . |
| 20 | One of five officers was kicked unconscious and another had his nose broken after a prisoner slipped his handcuffs to lead the assault . |
| 21 | All animosity towards her husband dissolved and a spark of affection for him seemed to light up inside her , as it had in the old days . |
| 22 | The curtain stirred and a smell of the city slipped in past the half-open window — acrid , high-octane , with a touch of rot . |
| 23 | An elderly churchgoer had her Bible stolen when a woman snatched her handbag in York 's Piccadilly on Sunday morning . |
| 24 | A police investigation followed and a number of people including Mr. Tully were arrested and questioned but so far no charges have been laid . |
| 25 | … the obligation [ entails ] two principal elements ; first , the existence of a relationship giving access , directly or indirectly , to information intended to be available only for a corporate purpose and not for the personal benefit of anyone , and second , the inherent , unfairness involved where a party takes advantage of such information knowing it is unavailable to those with whom he is dealing . |
| 26 | The drama erupted after a resident in the Middlesbrough hostel mixed two household substances , which reacted violently with each other . |
| 27 | Predictably serious negotiations ensued , if not for peace then at least for the ransom of King John ; but several years of intermittent diplomacy and warfare passed before a treaty was concluded at Brétigny in 1360 and confirmed at Calais in 1361 . |
| 28 | Martin Brundle speaks with the disarming honesty of an F1 driver who is buying lunch in a private room at Au Jardin des Gourmets for a dozen pressmen on the day the Gulf war ended and a week before the F1 season started . |
| 29 | He was arrested in 1983 in New York , but an attempt to extradite him to the UK as a convicted criminal failed when a judge ruled that his crime was political . |
| 30 | An Edinburgh postman 's second wife protested when a cousin congratulated her on the birth of her first step-grandchild , ‘ You 'll be a granny now . ’ |