Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 2 | These impermeable rocks form landscapes with rivers that rise quickly , even flooding their banks after heavy rain , but diminish or even dry up after a spell of dry weather . |
| 3 | After a spell of social self-indulgence , I remembered CGAS and how it had helped me . |
| 4 | After a spell of militant anti-communism as America 's ambassador at the UN , he was , by the end of the 1970s , prophesying that the danger from the Soviet Union would come not from its expansion but from its disintegration . |
| 5 | In fact the chicken had been alive but sick , and the cat had got into the oven of his own accord after a bit of baked fish . |
| 6 | And it was opener Metcalfe who got the chop for the second time this season after a run of indifferent form . |
| 7 | TWENTY factory workers could only listen on the radio to their red-hot tip romping home at 9-2 after a run of bad luck on the way to the race . |
| 8 | So they 're just after a kind of random sample of Aston lecturers and as as the official random sample keep forgetting to put the er put the tape in the machine , or turn it on or whatever , it 's handed on to me so I 'm now wired up to an extraordinary degree . |
| 9 | However , only about one-quarter of total expenditure will be raised through the poll tax — the rest will come from a centrally-determined needs grant and a uniform business rate set by the government after a revaluation of non-domestic property . |
| 10 | After coffee ( included ) travel through attractive woodland scenery to the fortified city of Naarden with its star shaped ramparts preserved after a history of bloody sieges . |
| 11 | They are expected suddenly to adapt to the modern world after a century of colonial domination and outside interference . |
| 12 | The need to make such a comment for a pedigree breed that is clearly stated to be all-black in colour is a powerful reminder that the little white patches and flashes are still persisting , even after a century of specialized , selective breeding . |
| 13 | It was as if the energies within my brain and body were reacting to the energies within the crypt and a flowing , pulsing feeling of warmth came over me , somewhat similar to my feeling after a session of Reichian therapy . |
| 14 | In a plea for leniency after a finding of guilty , defending counsel tells the court : ‘ My Lord , my client is very much a Walter Mitty character . |
| 15 | After a couple of unsuccessful front-engined designs in the late '50s , Colin Chapman turned out a series of fabulously successful cars that dominated the decade . |
| 16 | After a couple of abortive attempts to reach the side of Loch Linnhe through dismal , litter-strewn lanes , over car parks and a dual carriageway , they return to abhorrent 6Os ' concrete abominations masquerading as hotels . |
| 17 | Even this plan had to be revised when really bad weather struck and , after a couple of uncomfortable days hove-to off Jutland , she scuttled back down the Danish coast to Esjberg and , finally to the mouth of the Elbe and the Keil Canal . |
| 18 | After a couple of halfhearted bucks he settled and found the whole thing rather boring . |
| 19 | Im all for giving an attacker the chance and boosting his confidence by allowing to play even after a couple of no-scoring games — but in the Deane case i feel it has gone a little to far . |
| 20 | After a couple of deep breaths , she felt well enough to open her eyes , and as the mists cleared she focused on a most peculiar tableau : Jackie Tiptoe sitting on the floor next to Rose Williams , holding her hand and murmuring in her ear . |
| 21 | A good caddie also has to be something of a psychologist , knowing when to cajole his player into making a better effort ; calming him down when he 's just three-putted or blazed a drive into the rough ; or steadying him up from being over-confident or over-zealous when the adrenalin is flowing after a couple of good holes . |
| 22 | Showing no ill-effects from the ‘ chucking ’ accusation he had faced earlier in the tour , the Middlesex man soon removed Wright , driving out of the rough and caught at slip ; ended Hartland 's defiant debut at silly point ; had Greatbatch snapped up at short leg after a couple of desperate drives ; and broke through Thomson 's forcing shot via an arm ball . |
| 23 | Club bosses are on their toes and a string of new clubs have sprung up to cater for kinky lonely-heart foot fetishists who recently won respectability after a couple of celebrated court cases . |
| 24 | Like his protege Derrick May , ‘ Magic ’ Juan Atkins — the man commonly referred to as the ‘ Godfather Of Techno ’ — has recently returned to the spotlight after a couple of low-profile years . |
| 25 | After a couple of smart wins , he looks like a good bet here , and the biggest danger is only trap two , West Mead Ricky . |
| 26 | After a couple of false starts , Maxine was actually able to relax relatively well and she found that she had no problems about imagining a pleasant scene in her mind provided the visualization was guided by me . |
| 27 | She was still pondering on his use of her name as the taxi drove through the dark city streets , the driver having given up on any hopes of conversation after a couple of monosyllabic and nonsensical replies from his customer . |
| 28 | Eventually he put his shoulder to it , and after a couple of bruising attacks the door fell in — and he with it . |
| 29 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |
| 30 | The election itself came only after a decade of political squabbling . |