Example sentences of "a [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost as he spoke they heard a crashing in the bushes at the top of the ridge above them . |
| 2 | Men , it seemed , were scarcely tolerated in the Jarman household and Mr Hawkins was nothing but a leftover from the days when old Mr Jarman was alive . |
| 3 | a leftover from the days |
| 4 | It was a left-over from the days when an admiral , who had spent the greater part of his life in debt to Gieves , none the less had the matter on his conscience and despaired of dying in that state . |
| 5 | Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain . |
| 6 | David Tuckett , a strip-a-gram with the Flickers agency , startled passengers at Bank Top station , Darlington when , wearing just a loincloth , he slapped handcuffs on his victim . |
| 7 | Unless it was changed at er a yearly in the negotiations . |
| 8 | He had won a US Open and a Masters title in great style , and their affair was a natural for the pages of the world 's newspapers . |
| 9 | but erm , had a little with the children 's Christmas presents |
| 10 | He was good enough to work like a black for the Tories , but would they offer him a seat ? |
| 11 | The casino , containing restaurants and a flat for the owners , was given holiday spirit with a viewing platform reached by a spiral stair adjoining the entrance . |
| 12 | A puff shook a glittering from the thorns , |
| 13 | They were chatting about the tournament and John of Gaunt 's invitation when Cranston stopped as he heard a sound behind them : a slithering across the cobbles . |
| 14 | To his left Corbett heard a slithering on the cobbles . |
| 15 | And when we had a down near the banks dyke and it was fenced round and we used to carry the hens down there at night in a sack on your back . |
| 16 | But Julian Meldrum , of the National Aids Trust , said the report showed that HIV infection , the early stages of full-blown Aids , was increasing among gay men following a levelling-off in the mid-1980s . |
| 17 | Which MP was once a farmhand in The Archers ? |
| 18 | According to German records the aircraft fell victim to A.A. fire ; it was in fact claimed as a probable by the guns , but was also attacked by Plt.Off . |
| 19 | In an instant the whole aircraft was outlined in fire like a set-piece at a fireworks display . |