Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the swallow swooped through a woman 's song in a cavern |
| 2 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 3 | She lived as a soldier 's wife might . |
| 4 | But , having been blessed with long , slender legs and what Paul described as a model-girl 's figure , she was used to being stared at , so she walked past them with her normal slightly coltish grace , her composure intact . |
| 5 | For his part , he seems to have enjoyed Cornwall , which he described as a walker 's paradise and ‘ … romantic to a degree ’ , though he confessed he would not like to live in it . |
| 6 | SECURITY chiefs and the SAS last night lashed a new book they described as a bomber 's guide to Buckingham Palace . |
| 7 | Blanche winced as a cameraman 's flash exploded in front of her . |
| 8 | Red walls of baked earth , crenellated like a child 's fort ; neat , red courtyards ; a red street with a line of palm trees down the centre . |
| 9 | It was his second gin , and they poured them so that they tasted like a horse 's kick . |
| 10 | Five feet four or five at the most , looking almost as round as he was high , with a balding pate that rose like a monk 's tonsure through an unruly and still retreating fringe . |
| 11 | Some months later she became a paid organizer for the WSPU , and moved into a worker 's tenement in the Euston Road . |
| 12 | He roamed Southend in Essex until he bumped into a pal 's mother who took him in . |
| 13 | So too had parents who disagreed with a judge 's decision on any matter , however minor , concerning a child 's education or welfare . |
| 14 | Those things do n't sound fearsome — till you see them used on a man 's body . ’ |
| 15 | If a man believes in a different god , or even if he uses a different ritual for worshipping the same god , blind faith can decree that he should die — on the cross , at the stake , skewered on a Crusader 's sword , shot in a Beirut street , or blown up in a bar in Belfast . |
| 16 | They stopped outside a newsagent 's shop . |
| 17 | The landing was a smooth one , but once we were inside the terminal building everything moved at a snail 's pace , the queue at immigration long and slow moving . |
| 18 | I stopped at a stationer 's and ordered two reams of Devon Valley Thin , two black ribbons to fit Toby 's portable , and a box of the best carbon papers . |
| 19 | During the Depression Silver sold china and glass in Fifth Avenue , worked a petrol pump , and sold cigarettes wholesale ; but all this time he was collecting Walt Whitman ; he also studied for a Master 's degree in English at Boston University , which he was awarded in 1941 . |
| 20 | No one in Brussels knew that the French had invaded ; instead they prepared for a duchess 's ball while a fat Prussian major paid for his roast chicken , finished his wine , then ambled slowly northwards . |
| 21 | In 1915 he learnt of a doctor 's practice going for sale at Collier 's Forge , near Stourbridge in the Midlands . |
| 22 | I would go out of my way to crunch on crisp , mustardy jellyfish ; an oily , tissuey-textured sea-slug , slipped into a congee of boiled rice , was my idea of a hearty breakfast ; and the pig , from the brains to the balls ( of the feet ) seemed like a gourmet 's theme-park . |
| 23 | She laughed — straight into his white face , so white that the red patches on it seemed like a clown 's makeup . |
| 24 | Maybe it would change her mind about the great Prince Sabatini , maybe she 'd ask her papa to marry her off to someone who believed in a woman 's right to decency and respect . |
| 25 | Trafalgar came within a hair 's breadth of being the first company to be taken to court by the Financial Reporting Review Panel last year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November , p 10 ) . |
| 26 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
| 27 | for one thing , the group did not choose the name , which came from a reviewer 's description of a painting by Monet . |
| 28 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 29 | Eileen and Joe both obtained a week 's leave for the wedding and Stephen came on a week 's holiday so all the family except Terry were together . |
| 30 | The driver , anxious to be the last word in customer care , drove at a snail 's pace so that passengers could walk beside the train and pick flowers . |