Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Shelley smiled only faintly , Byron roared with laughter and said , ‘ Let me tell you of an inscription I once saw scrawled on the wall of a low jakes in Chelsea . |
2 | Representatives from the 22 North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and Warsaw Pact countries meeting in Vienna on Feb. 21 accepted a NATO proposal to suspend formal talks on a Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) treaty signed in Paris in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] . |
3 | But his happy demeanour is n't likely to last , because not only has he got the move to a new premises in Nantes to handle , along with the updating of the 300 coupe and convertibles he 'll build next year to use Renault 's up-and-coming 24-valve V6 , he 's also got the De la Chapelle Parcours in his hands . |
4 | ‘ I had already established my own gallery in an old ironmongers in Porthmadog , after realising that there was a market for prints of original paintings . |
5 | The handsome parquet flooring had been rewaxed , the girandoles around the walls had been set with pure wax candles purchased from an ecclesiastical suppliers in Hounslow , elaborate arrangements of flowers graced gilded stands all around the walls . |