Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Subsequently Foley became a well-known midlands ironmaster .
2 While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme .
3 That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight .
4 Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded .
5 It was an accident of course but old Colonel Saunchie got a few pellets in him .
6 Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design .
7 Edward made a few concessions .
8 WINDY Loch Assynt lies a few miles from the coast , near the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver ; surrounded by a ridge of mountains eleven miles in length , none of which drop below 2,000 feet , crowned by Sutherland 's highest peak , mighty Ben More Assynt .
9 Bernice staggered a few steps forward .
10 Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury
11 Yamaha has a new sports 600 — no word of a 900 — and Honda is bringing out an economy priced 500 twin .
12 Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement .
13 The office of chief operating officer that OSF created a few months ago has been abolished .
14 SIEMENS NIXDORF TO ESTABLISH A RUSSIA-WIDE POLICE NETWORK
15 I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet .
16 Bella returned a few moments later , carrying her drink in one hand and a lighted cigarette in the other .
17 Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later .
18 They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 .
19 ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said .
20 Hill and Whitlow taking a few chances in their own half and finally Whitlow 's dispossessed and it comes to Collimore .
21 Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off .
22 Marie took a few steps towards him .
23 I think the time has come to ask Meredith Putt a few questions . ’
24 No less devotion was brought to four songs by Joseph Marx , and although the rather overheated style of Nocturne elicited a few smiles ( Parsons performing prodigies in representing the burgeoning June night ) there was a touching ecstasy in Hat dich die Liebe beruhrt which was delivered absolutely from the heart .
25 A Salvation Army officer friend had arranged for Ann to spend a few days away from home to help her resolve her feelings about the crisis before starting to tackle the difficulties in her marriage .
26 Finally , the KGB assassinated a dozen members of our group as a warning to the others .
27 ‘ We 've been on the road since yesterday morning and Patrick drove a thousand miles of that — mostly at a hundred and fifty m.p.h .
28 In fact Leamington got a few things wrong , because they 've now been taken over .
29 Not to be outdone in the amatory stakes , Grunte recommended a dozen oysters .
30 However , while North Circular-bound a few months back I was flipping through the channels on the radio trying find something decent when I came across what I later learned to be Hey from the recent ‘ Upfront ’ album by David Sanborn .
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