Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a vote given solely to one candidate at an election when the voter has the right to split his vote between two or more candidates ( hence the phrase ‘ to plump for ’ ) . |
| 2 | The car drew to a halt alongside the front door , and an instant later the driver 's door swung open . |
| 3 | It was an instant when the Dwarf found out what it was like to be one of the beautiful people . |
| 4 | It does n't really hurt , just for an instant when the gun clicks in . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've managed to wangle her an apartment just a floor below Nicky and me , ’ Florian volunteered cheerfully . |
| 6 | They had dinner at 2.30 of ‘ beef and giblet frye ’ , and an hour later a goose was produced . |
| 7 | An hour later a police constable went to the house to confirm Mr Hutchinson 's fears . |
| 8 | An hour later a woman standing outside Central Milton Keynes railway station was kicked in the back by a youth on a racing bike . |
| 9 | An hour later every room was spick and span except for the bedroom Penry was using . |
| 10 | At 4 am the klaxon for reveille sounded , and half an hour later the breakfast gong . |
| 11 | Half an hour later the Canadian banged on the wall again . |
| 12 | An hour later the barn was an inferno , the prosecution say the three men escaped , ignored a scream , and did nothing to raise the alarm . |
| 13 | An hour later the newspaper 's deputy editor received an anonymous call to say that Remy had been abducted by Ngune 's men . |
| 14 | Half an hour later the door clanged open and Kaas entered . |
| 15 | An hour later the phone rang in New Scotland Yard where John McLeish was sitting reading the scene-of-crime report . |
| 16 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |
| 17 | An hour later the telephone rang . |
| 18 | So it was that about half an hour later the telephone rang again at the vicarage . |
| 19 | Half an hour later the Gazelle returns from task , followed shortly afterwards by the Scout . |
| 20 | He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line . |
| 21 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 22 | An hour later the ladder 's gone |
| 23 | An hour later the IRA godfathers gave their reply . |
| 24 | But less than an hour later the situation had been transformed . |
| 25 | Less than half an hour later the reply was back , telling United to get lost . |
| 26 | An hour later the twins and George were waiting on the corner with their baskets , bags and gas-masks . |
| 27 | Before we 'd gone far from the hut we had lost one of the Germans with sickness , and an hour later the Dutchman had to turn back when he had trouble with his crampons . |
| 28 | Louisa had been skidding unsteadily about the ice for the best part of an hour when a carriage came round the rear drive of the Hall and , after a moment 's debate , Edwin Frere sprang down to give a helping hand to his well-muffled wife . |
| 29 | Witnesses were uncertain if the bus was in the middle or the inside lane but it was doing about 63 miles an hour when a Nissan car , driven by 74 year old Malcolm Austin , crashed into the front . |
| 30 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |