Example sentences of "a [indef pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffering badly — as usual — from boils ( he gave them all nicknames ) — ‘ it 's the badness coming out , ’ they would say — disenfranchised in the great educational paperchase , neither a macho miner nor a successful exception , he was a nobody in the middle of nowhere with no prospects . |
| 2 | Six letters , A something on the end . |
| 3 | There 's a something in the stillness |
| 4 | It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads . |
| 5 | I know you 'll understand when I say my husband 's a one for the usquebaugh , I was about to correct him with the pressure-cooker once but I remembered my Victorian values just in time . |
| 6 | ‘ Bit of a one for the ladies . |
| 7 | And Kate says her sister says he 's quite a one for the ladies . |
| 8 | " Mr Tace , " said Mrs Naulls , smiling reminiscently , " he was a one for the moor . |
| 9 | Only those bit positions corresponding to a one in the mask are involved in the primary operation . |
| 10 | The most common instructions in this area are load , store , and move under mask , where bits are copied from the source to the destination location only for those positions corresponding to a one in the mask . |
| 11 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 12 | And on this one there 's a nought on the inside and a nought on the outside so we work with the nought on the outside and we 'll go round that way , clockwise , the way the numbers go . |
| 13 | And on this one there 's a nought on the inside and a nought on the outside so we work with the nought on the outside and we 'll go round that way , clockwise , the way the numbers go . |
| 14 | ‘ Any time without a nought on the end . ’ |
| 15 | You add a nought on the end of that figure , now what have you got there ? |
| 16 | Put a nought on the end then what does it read ? |
| 17 | No , add a nought on the end of it . |