Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grinned at nothing or a secret joke . |
| 2 | In position it performs a number of miraculous deeds ( such as ‘ promoting ravenous appetite ’ ) though , in the end , nothing that a good charcoal does n't claim to do . |
| 3 | Dorcas appeared and reappeared amongst the complicated shadows , muttering to himself , saying things like , ‘ That 's dead , that 's no good , we need a new battery , ’ and ‘ Seems OK , nothing that a good clean could n't put right , ’ and ‘ Hmm , not much in your tank … ’ |
| 4 | But nothing that a good dietitian and orthodontist could n't put right . |
| 5 | Second , given the availability of a trained and skilled operator there is nothing that a good desktop publishing system can not achieve in monochrome or spot colour publishing that was not possible by traditional methods . |
| 6 | A place at grammar school was seen as hardly more genuinely open to everyone than a fee-paying place at a public school ; and so the move towards comprehensive schools was made , largely on grounds of justice . |
| 7 | Mrs Burrows was careful to indicate what a privilege this was , her only son and she , Alexandra , a nobody and a temporary resident at that . |
| 8 | But if you quite like sleeping with the offending partner for other reasons , you 'll need earplugs , a light where it disturbs nobody and a good book till the warm drink you 've made for consolation lulls you back to the Land of Nod — pending the next onslaught . |
| 9 | Horse drawn buggy rides : Great fun for everyone and a good way to see the village ! |
| 10 | None that a sane man can comprehend . ’ |
| 11 | It all seemed a bit pointless — and anyway no-one but a raving lunatic was going to attempt to get airborne in those conditions . |
| 12 | Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat . |
| 13 | On balance , studies have found no indication of harmful physical effects ; no evidence that television introduces a harmful amount of aggression , violence or fear into an already normal child or that it turns an undisturbed child into a disturbed one or a non-delinquent child into a delinquent . |
| 14 | These are interesting , for the explicit denial suggests that the scenario is one where a sexual connotation would ‘ normally ’ be expected . |
| 15 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 16 | Especially their new record , which is everything that a modern rock CD should be . |
| 17 | In a short article , it is impossible to spell out everything that a computerised front of house system can provide for a busy hotel such as and 's Hallery House . |
| 18 | Yesterday 's loss hit her hard and one friend said : ‘ It 's not one that a good night 's sleep will make her forget . |
| 19 | At the most , it 's a desperate risk , and one that a civilised chap should think long and hard before taking .. |
| 20 | In this respect England 's relations with Brittany were likely to be of great importance , not only for the positive reason that a friendly duke of Brittany would allow the use of his duchy as a stepping-off place into the mainland , but for the negative one that a hostile duke might cause untold harm to English maritime interests , both military and commercial , by failing to stop the activities of Breton pirates and privateers whose ships gave much trouble at sea , as complaints in Parliament and in some of the political literature of the time , notably The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye , testify . |
| 21 | Words were everything and a quirky sense of observation added an extra ingredient . |
| 22 | ‘ The Communist Party still controls everything and a quick election will not be truly free . ’ |
| 23 | Torn between a huge urge to do everything and a huge ignorance about how to go about it . |
| 24 | And , every Saturday she would cook for me , usually curry , something and a good bottle of wine . |
| 25 | As it was , most people laughed , one bright spark asked if I was going to sell him something and a female student in a park scarf accused me of being a pervert . |
| 26 | It seemed that half the world wanted to give Hannah something and a classic example occurred when the programme was shown by a Dutch television station . |
| 27 | The idea is not to replace an active form with an active one and a passive form with a passive one ; it is always the function of a category rather than the form it takes that is of paramount importance in translation . |
| 28 | Gluing is not so much a skilled job as a responsible one and a large number of mistakes are available to a determined man , all of which can have dangerous results . |
| 29 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 30 | No one but a bloody fool would try to walk a mile with an arrow through his chest . |