Example sentences of "in a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In a little way it did , because we did really want to keep it small . |
| 2 | Yeah , but people can do it even in a little way |
| 3 | Cook the onion and garlic in a little water for 10 minutes . |
| 4 | Cut the crusts from a thick slice of bread and soak in a little water . |
| 5 | To make chocolate buttercream , add 15g ( ½oz ) cocoa powder to the mixture , and for a coffee flavour add 5ml ( 1tsp ) coffee — either first dissolved in a little water or the ‘ Camp ’ variety . |
| 6 | Cream flour in a little milk , then stir in remaining milk and stock . |
| 7 | Phillis thought perhaps , in a little time , when he had another doctor , then another dose of the meat . |
| 8 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 9 | ‘ Cocoa ? ’ she offered , coming in a little time later , carrying a small tray with three enamel mugs of steaming beverage on it , and a plate of Marie biscuits . |
| 10 | She remembered only two things about New York with affection : the man at Pennsylvania Station , perched high in a little glass box , who announced the trains in the rhythm of a square dance , and the man who returned her purse which she 'd dropped on the platform — a black man . |
| 11 | Already for nearly a century the syllabub had been keeping company with the trifle , and in due course the trifle came to reign in the syllabub 's stead ; and before long the party pudding of the English was not any more the fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass , concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch , but a built-up confection of sponge fingers and ratafias soaked in wine and brandy , spread with jam , clothed in an egg-and-cream custard , topped with a syllabub and strewn with little coloured comfits . |
| 12 | As she went upstairs she saw him toss something in a little glass down his throat in one gulp and she saw the swollen nicotine-stained fingers and the watery bad-tempered eyes . |
| 13 | We 're using the arts to integrate Disabled people and , hopefully , at the end of it , we 'll be able to put Disability arts in a little glass case and say ‘ there it is , we do n't need it anymore ’ , because we 're completely integrated into the community ’ . |
| 14 | I took them for the shrine in the loft one night , and have them to this day , little brown twists of dried plant like old Sellotape , stuck in a little glass bottle . |
| 15 | For such use , the non-flowering variety " Treneague " is to be preferred , and can be grown in a little shade . |
| 16 | Over 800 Libyans who sailed for Naples in a former cruise liner to mark the 78th anniversary on Oct. 26 of the invasion of Libya by Italy in 1911 , were not allowed to disembark ; however , a group of some 250 Libyans visited the Italian island of Ustica for a commemorative ceremony . |
| 17 | Building society puts its trust in a former banker |
| 18 | Torquay United manager Ivan Golac has already shown interest in a former Southampton colleague . |
| 19 | Perhaps you would like to learn a new skill , rekindle an interest in a former hobby — or simply try and make that new girl at the office feel more at ease . |
| 20 | But for la crème de la crème of ‘ softs ’ , as the trade calls linens and textiles , drive out to Freshford , where in a former hunting lodge Elizabeth Baer keeps her magpie collection , displayed in a linen room with that authentic ‘ air of pleasing decay ’ so admired by John Fowler ( of Colefax & ) . |
| 21 | The centre , which is housed in a former annexe of Allan Glen 's School , is open to anyone including children — suffering from stress of any kind , regardless of financial status . |
| 22 | The two and a half million pound building is in stark contrast to the old skin hospital which was based in a former Tuberculosis ward and a couple of temporary buildings . |
| 23 | At the corner of Fore Street and St Marychurch is a Bygones replica of a Victorian street , ‘ now with authentic smells ’ , in a former cinema , open every day and complete with militaria and railway collections , coffee and souvenir shops . |
| 24 | ARTS centre staff are celebrating after hearing they will receive a £40,000 boost to improve facilities at their home in a former church . |
| 25 | Although his initial interest had been aroused because of the connection between current problems and events which may have taken place in a former life , he became so enthralled by the topic that he took it up for its own sake . |
| 26 | The two ladies had each paid 500 dollars for the privilege of a ten-minute consultation , during which one was told that she had been a quartz crystal in a former life while the other was informed that she had been an E flat ! |
| 27 | Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal . |
| 28 | Speaking of cozy , Open Vision 's senior vice president of technology , Asa Lanum , in a former life was instrumental in X/Open 's founding . |
| 29 | Howson started production in a former collar factory off the Old Kent Road with a workforce of five disabled men . |
| 30 | Housed in a former granary and cowshed , the displays show 19th and early 20th century material from the homes , farms , offices and craftsmen 's workshops of North Oxfordshire . |