Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death of the Eleventh Fürst , Johannes Thurn und Taxis , in 1990 , after a lavish life lived in anachronistic , princely , style , has revealed the financial disarray of a family previously thought to be enormously rich . |
| 2 | They would operate under a single EC air licence and after a transitional period lasting until April 1 , 1997 , would be free to run domestic services in other EC states . |
| 3 | Only last September every frame of Rupert Bear 's new animated TV series had to be minutely examined after a Canadian animator decided to liven up Rupert 's life . |
| 4 | JASON LIVINGSTON 'S future in athletics will be revealed tomorrow after a last-ditch bid to clear his name in front of leading British officials . |
| 5 | THE Government faces another ambush over the Maastricht bill after a Labour attempt to resurrect the controversial debate on the social chapter . |
| 6 | John thinks Campbell is superb in rehearsal , leaping from his chair after a protracted silence to make a passionate speech about some aspect of the story that suddenly stirs him . |
| 7 | The narrow road to Leck goes between buildings and immediately assumes a rural character , reaching the little community of Leck after a pleasant mile graced by lovely trees . |
| 8 | Holly had a normal heart and made good progress but Carly , who had a heart defect , died on April 10 1985 , after a three-hour operation to clear a bile duct . |
| 9 | The FIA court of appeal did not make a final decision in Paris on Thursday after a three-hour hearing to consider Mansell 's evidence . |
| 10 | Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 11 | When you analyze their conscious , , you discover that all the changes and the rewritings level after a tendentious purpose to hide certain things and to keep certain things in the repressed and the same is true o of the Bible , in other words all these rewritings and were not just random , they were often motivated by a desire to hide or change certain things . |
| 12 | After a three-year investigation involving the Police Complaints Authority , it was announced that a number of police officers were to be admonished or advised about their conduct and were to face disciplinary charges . |
| 13 | After a successful experiment selling annuities and mutual funds , the bank began offering life insurance in 1992 and now sells policies in 380 branches across four states . |
| 14 | The decision to go ahead with subtitling was taken after a successful experiment pioneered at Central South last year . |
| 15 | Exactly a month earlier , a ship had docked at Falmouth after a five-year voyage surveying for His Majesty 's Government . |
| 16 | AFTER a pre-tax loss rising last year from £4.7 million to £41.1 million , Clyde Petroleum yesterday asked its shareholders to provide a further £34.1 million through a one-for-four rights issue . |
| 17 | Many of the wars , most of the wars , are civil wars and you know the bitterness , the lingering bitterness after a civil war does n't help the children who have suffered from that war . |
| 18 | The level of ambulance coverage in Teesdale has been questioned after a 7-hour delay following the collapse of an elderly man . |
| 19 | He contracted severe dysentery and diphtheria and after a partial recovery returned to Basle in October . |
| 20 | On Oct. 5 , 1989 , prison officers agreed to return to work after a month-long strike affecting 70 of France 's 180 penal institutions over demands for pay parity with the police force . |
| 21 | January 's sharp improvement was mainly a result of rising output in the metals sector after a long holiday break the previous month . |
| 22 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 23 | After a long fight to beat inflation , the government does not feel sympathetic to these demands . |
| 24 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 25 | After a long day filming , our three Busmen went off with notes on everything from the capital of Grand Cayman to the flag of Ougodogoland . |
| 26 | After a long day sitting in the coach , I decided to get out at Millcote , leave my luggage at the hotel , and walk across the fields to Thornfield . |
| 27 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |
| 28 | Eventually , after a long time spent contemplating the inevitable , we had to get up . |
| 29 | Two weeks ago firemen freed a woman after a practical joke ended in her unable to release herself . |
| 30 | Alternatively , or in addition , the manager 's performance may be assessed against some criteria after a reasonable period has elapsed . |