Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A SCHOOLBOY escaped severe injury last night when he plunged through a skylight and crashed on to a bed . |
| 32 | In the first issue of Nord-Sud , a periodical which appeared in 1917 with the purpose of reintegrating and stimulating artistic life in Paris , Reverdy , feeling that some kind of objective evaluation of Cubism was by this time possible , wrote : ‘ Today for a privileged few the discipline can be taken for granted , and as they never sought for an art that was cold , mathematical and anti-plastic , wholly intellectual , the works which they offer us appeal to the lover of painting directly through the eye and the senses . |
| 33 | Conversation lulled for an hour until I was almost asleep , then Mick said , ‘ D' you still feel hungry ? ’ |
| 34 | Our visitor had little knowledge of the passions or indeed the psychology of small boys , for he casually admitted after a day or two that he had inscribed the Master 's name on the bat himself ! |
| 35 | Miriam Durkin asked after a minute or two had passed . |
| 36 | She swam about a bit and felt comfortable . |
| 37 | A SUSSEX businessman is threatening to sue National Westminster Bank over a reference it provided about a company that collapsed within four weeks of him supplying games worth more than £7,000 . |
| 38 | And used as a medicine as well . |
| 39 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 40 | Iida 's aircraft was holed by Finn and other gunners and he crashed deliberately on a road near the officer 's quarters , one of the undercarriage wheels bounced through a house and the engine of the aircraft landed a ¼ mile away . |
| 41 | It seems hard to believe that we flower children of the 1960s and 1970s never doubted for a second that we would eventually find fulfilling jobs . |
| 42 | She crashed through a tinsel and spray-snow Christmas decoration and , curled up tight , turned head over end through the air , landing neatly on her feet in the street . |
| 43 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 44 | Shortly after two , when all the roofs were off , they stopped for a bite and a drink . |
| 45 | It got incredibly painful , and in bed at night I could hear a munching sound , definitely coming from me , which stopped for a bit if I touched the swelling . |
| 46 | We stopped for a while and , leaving Billy well secured outside with Pat , took our headlamps and torches and walked into the level . |
| 47 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 48 | We stopped for a snack and were introduced to gorp ( good old raisins and peanuts ) , rather like a trail mix for energy . |
| 49 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 50 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 51 | He stopped for a moment and looked around for Zach . |
| 52 | He stopped for a moment and gazed about him . |
| 53 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |
| 54 | How dare you patronize me , how dare you flaunt yourself at me when you know — ’ he stopped for a moment and shook his head . |
| 55 | She stopped for a moment and eyed Sophie thoughtfully . |
| 56 | She stopped for a breath and took a step nearer her mother . |
| 57 | Sandra trained as a dancer and worked as a theatre set painter and then a trapeze artist . |
| 58 | Cath trained as a nurse and was brought up in Lenzie . |
| 59 | He trained as a teacher and in 1915 became missioner to the Loughborough and District mission to the Deaf . |
| 60 | Born in Stockton , she trained as a teacher and worked in schools throughout Cleveland and North Yorkshire , including North Ormesby Girls ' School , Ripon Training College , Grangetown Girls ' School , Widdale ( near Hawes ) and Wath , where she became headmistress until her retirement in 1946 . |