Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was driven by a need to get in first , her mood openly aggressive . |
| 2 | Hartlepool have a chance to move into seventh place when they play Stockport County at Victoria Ground tonight . |
| 3 | A meeting of the Committee of the Rambling Club , an essay or a report to prepare for next day , some knotty maths problems that seemed to have no solution , a party in the Junior Common Room , notes from a lecture on particle physics which needed tidying up ( Dr Glib talked so fast ! ) . |
| 4 | Although he did not begin painting seriously until 1911 , Gris had thus been in a position to watch at first hand the birth and development of Picasso 's Cubism . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be a treat to get into third gear in this fucking town , ’ he said . |