Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could make my look , my money work a bit harder it would make sense to me , after all . |
| 2 | In the autumn of that year I was to wedge into the mirror of my college bedsitting-room a piece of paper bearing the following lines : ‘ Life 's a cheat and all things shew it/I thought so once and now I know it ’ . |
| 3 | I shall take as my starting point a television programme I imagine many of you will have seen recently . |
| 4 | Tiger moths can also take their defence strategy a stage further , screaming out in ultrasound , which may jam the bats ' sonar or warn of their foul taste . |
| 5 | They 're transplanting their cottage garden a handful of plants at a time from their present home to the new house they 'll be moving to in November . |
| 6 | The couple also got £2,000 cash that helped to make their wedding reception a feast to remember . |
| 7 | In Belfast they achieved minor fame ( on their bedroom wall a poster proudly displayed a Belfast Victim gig with support band The Undertones ) but in Manchester they slipped away into the endless dull circle of local pub gigs . |
| 8 | Ti tell t'truth , tekkin' her oot wor a bit of a drag : she dragged ma throo bushes , hedges , trees , ponds — Ah jist cud n't control her . |
| 9 | California , however , takes as its tax base a slice of the multinational 's worldwide profits , using the proportion of a firm 's global workforce , property and sales within its own borders to determine the size of that slice . |
| 10 | Just above its melting temperature a polymer behaves like a highly viscous liquid in which the chains are all tangled up with their neighbours . |
| 11 | Another successful firm interviewed said that , far from the IFI helping financially , they had actually done their business and a number of others in their enterprise park a lot of harm . |
| 12 | STEELWORKERS staging a sit-in gave their strike fund a boost yesterday by selling the bosses ' wine stock . |
| 13 | The murder mystery plot , however , is side-lined by her self discovery a lot of the time . |
| 14 | The former included in its news report a remark from one analyst that Do It All would ‘ never ’ make a profit , but reserved most of its acidity for its Questor column . |
| 15 | For example , the Anglican church has in its communion service a structure which is very similar to that which many of the new churches adopt . |
| 16 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 17 | The nave is barrel vaulted and on its north side a staircase leads to the upper storey which has a round gallery . |
| 18 | Teddy all made up to go out was a cross between Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth — her red-gold hair a mass of curls , false eye-lashes long enough to sweep the streets , face entirely out of a box ( courtesy of the American PX ) , and fully fashioned grey silk stockings which were strictly not Waaf issue . |
| 19 | As she drove William Fosdyke back to Mondano he assured her that he would be always at her disposal and could guarantee to make her family holiday a success . |
| 20 | HP has also been getting close to Novell , and has been working on a NetWare implementation for its PA-RISC chip a move ahead of other players . |
| 21 | Dad raised his index finger a fraction of an inch and Jamila was reluctantly silent . |
| 22 | At a press conference to mark his election victory a year ago , Mr Bush threatened to veto the budget unless it contained real cuts . |
| 23 | He is carved here with an apple and a boar , for Finn was the Boar of High Summer and his enemy Diarmaid a Wolf . |
| 24 | He was lucky to have the support of his family , but above all , in having as his Lady Mayoress a wife who showed him such love and devotion , in sickness and in health . |
| 25 | His move towards contracting led to his being awarded the contract for the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway in 1855 , reaching his home village a year later and passing within a few yards of his first contract , the iron bridge . |
| 26 | Since losing to Aston Villa in his comeback game a month ago , United have won four and drawn one . |
| 27 | He secured for his Jatiya Party a victory in parliamentary elections held in March 1988 [ see pp. 35835-36 ] ; however , the government was subsequently paralysed by renewed agitation launched in October 1990 [ see pp. 37775-76 ] with student activists at the forefront . |
| 28 | ‘ There you are , ’ Jacob said , giving his bicycle bell a ping as if to reinforce his point . |
| 29 | He had woken from his walking death a while before , in the middle of a quote from Coriolanus . |
| 30 | His boots were up to the thigh , and he rode with a jewelled twinkle , his pistols but a twinkle , his rapier hilt a twinkle under the jewelled sky . |