Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . |
| 32 | I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press . |
| 33 | She had Dreamed Lord Roger as a former surgeon , still brooding because of his inability to save the life of his only child . |
| 34 | Derry went to Croke Park for an All Ireland semi-final meeting with Meath and were well beaten . |
| 35 | Among the most violent incidents during 1990-91 were the July 1990 killing of Ian Gow [ see p. 37623 ] ; the September shooting of a former Gibraltar Governor [ see p. 37720 ] ; the October IRA " human bomb " attacks [ see p. 37784 ] ; the November rocket attack on the home of a Belfast High Court judge [ see p. 37869 ] ; the February 1991 IRA mortar attack on Downing Street and attacks on mainland railway stations [ see pp. 38019-20 ] ; and the March 1991 Craigavon killings [ see p. 38112 ] . |
| 36 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
| 37 | THE Belfast Telegraph today obtained a copy of a letter from US President Bill Clinton to a former Congressman who arrives in Ireland tomorrow to campaign for a peace envoy to be sent to the province . |
| 38 | She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes , and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me . |
| 39 | Example 1 is the hook riff from a well known Huey Lewis tune from a few years back . |
| 40 | It was a terrible journey reducing the Masai nation to a few hundred survivors . |
| 41 | You 'll no worry about that Rocastle business after a few wee snifters of Teachers ’ … |
| 42 | Some of these sporting ‘ characters ’ play golf and appear with comedians such as Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth or actor Sean Connery for a few holes and a bit of friendly banter . |
| 43 | Following the outstanding results for continental furniture achieved in London and New York last season , Christie 's produced a confident catalogue for their 4 November New York sale with a few outstanding lots , most of which sold , although only just . |
| 44 | ‘ PhD STUDENTS will flock to Sri Lanka in a few years ’ time and write learned theses on the inappropriateness of high technology aid for poor countries ’ , predicts a Sri Lankan lawyer , Gamini Iriyagolle , a specialist on the Mahaweli Programme , one of the world 's biggest development schemes under way anywhere . |
| 45 | In fact he would have a selling job to do , but could hardly ask Jim Cavalier for a few hints . |
| 46 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
| 47 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
| 48 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
| 49 | Both versions will be in the UK this April , with the saloon looking to tempt everything up to Lexus buyers with an all-in price of around £28,000 and the coupe out on its own at around £30,000 . |
| 50 | My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder . |
| 51 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 52 | Caerphilly , he suggests , is a bit like Bishop Auckland ( Bishop Auckland with a few more chip shops ) but the outlying villages belong , uniquely , to the Valleys . |
| 53 | We hope to rejoin Nick Harris in a few minutes , we hope he 's able to speak with manager , Brian Horton or perhaps one or two of the players . |
| 54 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |
| 55 | The charges follow the death of 21 year old student , Henry Skelton after an all night drink and drugs party on December 2nd . |
| 56 | The breakthrough came in 1980 , when we received a copy of a letter to Michael Heseltine from a former Labour minister who had been responsible for historic buildings under the previous government . |
| 57 | To handle the change of tree computationally , we must specify how the parent function P' of T' may be determined from P. Experimentation with a few examples will show that the following rules have the desired effect . |
| 58 | Harrison Ford stars as a former CIA man lured back into the fray after he becomes the target of the IRA . |
| 59 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 60 | Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’ |