Example sentences of "a [det] [noun] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’ |
| 2 | He had just time to form them up and move a little way forward himself from their hiding-place , to where he could see the ford and its approaches on either side , when the first fleeing riders came pounding down , splashing over and racing on . |
| 3 | In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour . |
| 4 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 5 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
| 6 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
| 7 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 8 | In a few months time we are hoping to start a lunch club in the hall on 2 or 3 days per week , providing a three course lunch for a very small cost . |
| 9 | It 's time we had ministers who will listen to Social Services and in a few months time we shall have them , a Labour Government . |
| 10 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 11 | It might become just the thing to have a plant standing in a four and a half inch pot which contains a cool five grand in shredded tenners . |
| 12 | The Silurian Way is a nine and a half mile route which takes you round the central area of the forest reaching its high point at Carron Crag at 1,031ft . |
| 13 | 122 miles you 've just pushed this seven and a half ton truck I believe yet what was the one moment that really stood out or really got you going ? |
| 14 | But for a such railway treasure there is very little in the way of the written word to appreciate its importance of place of affection in the British steam fraternity . |
| 15 | Eileen Laughton , a former Panel member who respected him greatly said he was worried about the pressure that was likely to be put on him if he did n't toe the local authority line . |
| 16 | A close political ally was Airey Neave , a former intelligence officer who was to be murdered by the IRA in the precincts of Westminster . |
| 17 | Goulding , a former Wigan player who joined his home town club in a deal which took fullback Alan Tait to Leeds , has already made six appearances for Great Britain and five for the under-21s . |
| 18 | A former SAS soldier who 's conquered Everest without Oxygen equipment is having to spend another night there at high altitude because he 's suffering from snow blindness . |
| 19 | A former SAS soldier who 's climbed the highest mountain in the world without oxygen has been describing how he struggled to breathe . |
| 20 | Apart from organising his domestic life , Stella Pullman was a disciplinarian in the old British landlady tradition ( her husband was a former RAF pilot who now flew for BOAC ) . |
| 21 | Jack Hathorne was a former RAF pilot who went on to test fly Hurricane fighters being built at Brockworth during the second world war . |
| 22 | He said Walters — a former RAF pilot who became an intellectual high-flyer — had suffered anguish over the affair . |
| 23 | She was a former council tenant who had already bought her council house . |
| 24 | Archie was a former cinema manager who became the most successful chairman in the post-war history of Darlington Football Club . |
| 25 | He was also the company 's standard bearer at the town 's annual common riding and as a former Master upholsterer he previously represented the Corporation of Hammermen in a similar capacity . |
| 26 | Alhaji Abbo is a former truck driver who has successfully developed a 3,000 hectare maize farm and oil extraction plant in northern Cameroun . |
| 27 | Tizard , a former university lecturer who was elected mayor in 1983 , was the former wife of senior Labour Party politician and ( until January 1990 ) Defence Minister Bob Tizard . |
| 28 | The report was prepared by Benjamin Alexander , a former senior US government official and a former university president who was trained as a chemist . |
| 29 | The Senate ethics committee rebuked Senator Mark Hatfield ( Rep. , Oregon ) on Aug. 12 for " improper conduct " in accepting and failing to disclose gifts and travel expenses from a former university president who had sought Hatfield 's assistance support in gaining a government grant . |
| 30 | Clarke is a former nightclub bouncer who joined the Foreign Legion in 1980 but went absent without leave just nine months later . |