Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer prints out a ‘ revolutionary novel ’ to be called Notes — but in numbers ! |
| 2 | The first goal was definitely the killer , because after that it felt like we were carrying a one-ton weight up a down escalator . |
| 3 | There would be a fire in the grass on the dunes , or a plane would have crashed , and all that stopped the cordite in the cellar from going up would be me diverting some of the water from a dam system down a channel and into the house . |
| 4 | Then , abruptly , for the following day and a half there was neither sand nor palm trees , just a thirty-mile climb up a canyon of broken slate and rock . |
| 5 | like a beach bum down a Surf City breaker . |
| 6 | At one stage a dancer cracks out the rhythm to a delicious reel , and in another place Liam ‘ Hothouse ’ O'Maonlai plays some batty didgeridoo lines and sings along a bit . |
| 7 | Jim still carries the scars of his Carry Ons — he fell off the camel he was supposed to be riding and his left arm was badly broken during the making of Doctor , when he had to ride a hospital trolley down a flight of stairs , through a plate-glass window and on to a table . |
| 8 | The Northern Ireland Office , however , warned later that day against reading too much into Brooke 's promise to consider the Unionists ' demands and on Feb. 27 Brooke made a statement ruling out a full-scale suspension of the Agreement to enable Unionists to take part in interparty talks on political progress . |
| 9 | A medical orderly and a nurse patch up a competitor 's foot during a break in the Nijmegen Marches |
| 10 | Have a coffee light up a |