Example sentences of "[prep] [det] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cub like that with a stick , I know a job about that a blind man coming , a blind man was walking down the pavement with a stick , so on the side of the pavement there 's this dog turd |
| 2 | As a child , I thought about this a good deal and my father would often invite me to feel the holes in his head — taking my fingers in his hand and guiding them to the slight depressions under his vaselined hair . |
| 3 | FOR some a broken-down relationship means they have no choice : Others simply long for motherhood without the commitment of marriage or a steady relationship . |
| 4 | For this a vast army of personnel is needed , working at different levels of generality — some dealing , at the ‘ sharp end ’ , with the actual , detailed discharge of functions ‘ on the ground ’ , others , at progressively higher levels , discharging coordinating or supervisory functions , which may involve an element of policy-making or , higher still , primarily concerned with overall general policy . |
| 5 | What was now needed was a means of countering Labour 's electoral appeal , and for this a Prime Minister with a cleaner political reputation would be needed . |
| 6 | For this a common policy is required . |
| 7 | ‘ Soon after that a different Man came by car and he put me in a carrier cage and took me into the darkness of a long journey , over bumpy roads , on to a ship , and into the most terrible place of all , an iron cage with obscured windows , which raced through the night clattering and clattering , a regular rhythm of metallic sound . |
| 8 | After this a short sentence has been rubbed out ( I wrote in pencil ) so that there is a hole in the page . |
| 9 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 10 | But the doctors ' lawyers augue the case can not be allowed to go ahead after such a long delay . |
| 11 | He no longer saw Benny standing before him , but a dark-skinned woman , whom he barely recognized after such a long time . |
| 12 | Quickly she turned her head to see David 's reaction to seeing his ex-fiancée again after such a long time . |
| 13 | Even the most saintly of people would drift towards complacency and arrogance after such a long period . |
| 14 | No one could believe this had happened to us at Lyneham especially after such a long period of accident-free flying |
| 15 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 16 | Norman must have been desperate to win after such a long absence from the winner 's circle , but that does n't account for his alarming collapse over the closing stretch in Canada . |
| 17 | Even after such a long absence from home , Leopold could not bear to waste any opportunity of showing off his brilliant children , so , instead of going straight back to Salzburg , they took a tortuous route through Dijon , Lyons , Switzerland , Donaueschingen and Augsburg to Munich , where Leopold even contemplated extending the trip to Italy . |
| 18 | Or a mature student , apprehensive about coping with study after such a long absence , worried about managing financially and missing your children and family ? |
| 19 | Sterland 's condition after such a long lay-off , given his condition at ‘ peak fitness ' ( ! ) would also cause concern . |
| 20 | After such a lousy start in life , and not a penny of the Alderton millions , people often expressed amazement that he was so unchippy . |
| 21 | the main point that I made to him was that after such a superb beginning where , where they actually state how much rubbish we produce , there 's absolutely no mention even though there 's space at the bottom there 's no mention of recycling at all . |
| 22 | But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side . |
| 23 | The team inside the car , three of them , would occasionally turn on the engine and try to warm themselves , but he knew they 'd feel the cold after such a freezing night . |
| 24 | League vice president Gifford McConkey said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate to get these two teams to Belfast after such a hectic season . |
| 25 | ‘ It would be a big blow if we were to fold after such a successful season , ’ said Nick Pemberton , the manager and secretary . |
| 26 | The Scots were allowed to escape , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton portrayed the young Edward III in tears after such a humiliating failure . |
| 27 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 28 | In normal circumstances there would be a serious doubt over Chatam 's fitness after such a lengthy lay-off , but the champion trainer has a remarkable track record with horses returning from injury . |
| 29 | It took Caillié eleven years of meticulous planning and a further year to reach the fabled city in 1828 , which turned out to be rather a disappointment to him after such a hazardous journey . |
| 30 | Louise was equally anxious to see this man who had had the power to persuade her niece to go against her upbringing and character and behave so recklessly after such a brief acquaintance . |