Example sentences of "[det] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Everitt has written that innkeepers were among the most mobile elements in the community , but that only a minority established dynasties that lasted for three or four generations . |
| 2 | Did you know , by the way , that statistically a woman tries out a new partner once in every two thousand copulations ? |
| 3 | It is not surprising , therefore , that hardly a day goes by without someone asking me to recommend ‘ a single volume with good colour photos of insignia and uniforms , that I can use as a standard reference on Special Forces ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd just started walking down a narrow street outside the club when all suddenly a taxi hit Michael and knocked him down . |
| 5 | However , he had returned all but three of the tourists ' passports to the safe-keeping of the Manager at The Randolph — the latter just a fraction irked that it now appeared to be his own responsibility to return these passports to whatever location the departed tourists happened to find themselves in . |
| 6 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |
| 7 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |