Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] [noun sg] run " in BNC.
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| 1 | A crisp , plain-weave fabric with a sheen and a slight rib running across it . |
| 2 | The other car was ultimately forced to stop , and a young man ran off into a field . |
| 3 | This robe has a triple-striped band on the shoulder and a similar band running down the side under each arm : another band decorated the hem . |
| 4 | A girl screamed , and a masked man ran through the bar , pursued by two cops in turn-of-the-century uniforms . |
| 5 | Archibald Leitch , a mechanical engineer from Glasgow , provided the standard design for stadia with three open sides and a two-tier grandstand running the length of one of the longer sides of the rectangle . |
| 6 | The mare gave a sigh and a great shudder ran through her . |
| 7 | Mason was given a prison sentence of 15 months suspended for two years for setting fire to property and a three-month sentence to run concurrently for assault . |
| 8 | A burst of tentative clapping petered out and a strange unease ran round the audience as Sir Thomas failed to rise . |
| 9 | Local transport : Car ferries from Bellagio to Cadenabbia and to Varenna ; passenger ferries to all villages along the lake and a regular hydrofoil runs the length of the lake to Como Town . |
| 10 | A simple traverse … past the glacier then a quick christie round the moguls and a straight parallel run to the bottom Instead of which … what ? |
| 11 | Then she heard the clump of boots on the sets , and a uniformed policeman ran up . |
| 12 | BR will be divided into an infrastructure authority , called Railtrack , and a residuary body to run passenger services until these have all been franchised to private operators . |
| 13 | There was a piercing whistle and a little boy ran across the rubble towards them . |
| 14 | and there 's also there 's a usual crack between the plasterboard and ceiling over the door and a little crack running down to the door . |
| 15 | At Ellon , where the modern road forks right over the bridge on the A92 , and a pretty walk runs along by the river Ythan , the landlady of an inn where they breakfasted wished she had remembered to show to this great doctor ( of whom they had heard ) a child of hers with a chronic lump in his throat . |
| 16 | One Olympic athlete broke a world record only an hour after intercourse and a British athlete ran a four-minute mile just ninety minutes after getting down to it . |
| 17 | A three-and-a-half hour run can be superhuman effort for one person and a slow training run for another . |
| 18 | The Gloucestershire jury , for example , in 1228 re-defined the boundaries of the Forest of Dean at their widest extent — that is to say , the rivers Severn and Wye , and a northern boundary running from Goodrich castle in the west through Ross and Newent to Gloucester castle in the east . |
| 19 | The centre of Sorrento is about a 15 minute walk away but buses and a light railway run regularly to and from the town . |
| 20 | ‘ To think of that vast length of tube supported only at its ends and a whole train running through it . ’ |
| 21 | Long sleeve t- shirts start at around £18.99 and a micro mini runs to about £30 … |
| 22 | Facilities include the I² S Model 75 and IVAS image-analysis systems linked to a VAX 8550 mainframe , and a PC-based system running ERDAS software . |
| 23 | You 'll be asked to drink lots of water beforehand ; your stomach will then be greases and a hand-held transducer ran over it . |
| 24 | But a sequential approach runs the risk of entering some markets too late to catch the wave of fashion or of meeting already entrenched opposition from the more fleet of foot . |