Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To cover costs for the first £320 you may either pay us a non-refundable damage/loss excess waiver of £32 per yacht ( £7 each for a Share a Yacht or Pot Luck ) , or lodge ( direct with us , not through a travel agent ) a security deposit of £320 per yacht ( £70 each if sharing ) at the time of making your final payment . |
| 2 | I I was also thinking o of Veestol and and er the weapons going on and the mistakes anyway on on the developing a harrier replacement , is the R A F still interested in that as a feature a short take-off vertical take-off ? |
| 3 | All got that as a phrase the political subtext . |
| 4 | If you have an ordinary video recorder which does not have ‘ backspace ’ or ‘ fine edit ’ , you will probably have noticed , when changing from one recording to the next , that for a while the picture is spoilt by various forms of disturbance that take several seconds to clear . |
| 5 | And wh y'know we thought about this for a y'know a long time t and what we do want is a thin tier of bureaucracy . |
| 6 | After practising this for a while the next stage was to get the wing overhead . |
| 7 | Can I remember you that you 're supposed to be working on this for a minimum a minimum of four weeks for about three quarters of an hour a week minimum time ! |
| 8 | PAMELA : Angels and saints and all the host of heaven defend me ! [ aside ] I read this in a book a night or two ago . |
| 9 | It is buying the external high and low voltage electricity distribution systems of the three airports which , together , supply a maximum demand similar to that of a city the size of Cambridge . |
| 10 | And , whereas Charles had left it at that , Michael Banks 's understudy proceeded to tell the author just how much of a massacre the star was making of his play . |
| 11 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 12 | However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle . |
| 13 | The product shows what can be done without formal specifications , however just how much of a lead the company has given itself is debatable : IBM said that its network node specifications will be published at the end of the month for public scrutiny . |
| 14 | If the pre-existing law is permitted to prevail , it will serve to emphasise how little like a code the Act really is . |
| 15 | So I did — and all of a sudden a man with a gun grabbed me round the neck and dragged me off . |
| 16 | I was sitting in a chair when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me : if a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight . |
| 17 | All of a sudden a voice called her name . |
| 18 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
| 19 | All of a sudden the issue is not sex , but being seen . |
| 20 | All of a sudden the dynamite business was in terrible trouble . |
| 21 | All of a sudden the far wall exploded inwards and a broiling mass of water burst into the room . |
| 22 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 23 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 24 | And if the shouting were n't bad enough , all of a sudden the mice began wailing : ‘ The brute is loose ! |
| 25 | Two engines and propellers had been removed from the aircraft and all of a sudden the nose lifted and she went down on her tail . |
| 26 | She began to hurry , sorry now that she had not gone home , because all of a sudden the thought of missing out on a rave did n't seem that bad . |
| 27 | Yeah but I agree totally with what , and the other lady has just said , but the other thing is is the amount of money that is spent when , you know , someone royal is coming for a visit because all of a sudden , you know , you have people in this country who are living in absolute poverty and yet because the royal sort of erm limousine is going past erm , for a few seconds where they stay all of a sudden the front of the house is painted ! |
| 28 | It creeps up insidiously ; it creeps up step by step ; and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realizes that [ freedom ] has gone … |
| 29 | He shook her off , with a toss of the head ; Miranda saw all of a sudden the theatricality of the gesture , and something inside her relaxed . |
| 30 | All of a sudden the cabin seemed stiflingly hot . |