Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn followed as a determined Melissa led Luke , whose expression resembled that of a prisoner about to be given his last rites , across the field and in through the french windows . |
| 2 | That would put the price of a pint up to about two pounds fifty . |
| 3 | Pollsters say they have detected signs of a swing back to the Conservatives — and that Labour support may have peaked last week — but it may not come in time to save the Tories . |
| 4 | Assessors scrutinised all aspects of the laboratory 's activities from receipt of a sample through to the final report . |
| 5 | There 's somebody looking out of a window up there , looking a bit worried . |
| 6 | Although the flats are very compact , generally following the standards laid down for this type of housing in DoE Design Bulletin 29 , they share the facilities of a jetty on to the river , and a roof-top conservatory and roof garden , all of which were made possible by a £200,000 grant from the Historic Buildings Council . |
| 7 | Little bit of a look back now to the inaugural Blenheim or Audi international horse trials at er Blenheim Palace of course , which was a great success . |
| 8 | American and European firms are unlikely to get much of a look in . |
| 9 | Nobody else gets much of a look in . |
| 10 | ‘ Saturday morning I am woken up by my children , Jack , three , and Molly , two , they are quite energetic so that stops any chance of a lie in when they start jumping up and down on my bed . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I am going to enjoy a bit of a lie in , but I shall miss the customers because they made the job so interesting . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll just have a bit of a lie down . |
| 13 | Then , keeping the thumb in place , he pushed the rim of a bowl in between the rows of teeth and poured its contents , a trickle of oil , right down into the throat . |
| 14 | His body was hairy , muscled , well-shaped , and when I saw him strip for bed he reminded me of a gorilla about to pounce upon its prey . |
| 15 | I suppose it 's too much of a mixture up here is n't it ? |
| 16 | He invites Howard to lunch one day ( sandwiches , in the garden of a pub down by the river , at a battered green table with a hole in the middle for an umbrella ) . |
| 17 | Rainey rarely finishes as low as third ( even if he was only a fraction of a second down on Schwantz at Suzuka ) , but at Eastern Creek he proved he 's dynamic as ever . |
| 18 | The majority of men who survive can expect to have the support of a wife up to the age of 85 , but any woman over 72 is more likely to be a widow left on her own . |
| 19 | Ex-chasers , and one out of a circus down on its luck . |
| 20 | Patient years of observation were measured from the first date of a prescription up to the patient 's death or 31 October 1990 . |
| 21 | The final and absolute statement of his sovereignty had been the hanging of a felon out of hand . |
| 22 | My downhill skiing was a little rusty to say the least , but a few too many moons ago I 'd just about cracked parallel turns , and I felt in need of a brush up . |
| 23 | This is also a belief held by my squad and so , neck-high in wallop , come three o'clock we were eleven hangovers in search of a kick around . |
| 24 | You get some kind of a kick out of it , I suppose . |
| 25 | She 'd tolerated two sessions already , and even got a bit of a kick out of them . |
| 26 | Left the daddy 's list with Mr Moore ( of Moore 's Models ) and then went off for a bit of a stroll around . |
| 27 | Gloucestershire police are in the middle of a crack down on vehicle related and other crime , called operation Gemini . |
| 28 | By the mid 1980's the emergence of lower priced computer systems and the vast increase in demand had forced the price of a typeface down to around $450 , the classic ‘ generation ’ jump that is often seen in computing hardware and software pricing . |
| 29 | Much of the calculation depends upon the choice of discount rate which , it might be added , exists in the mind of the economist ( and rather foggily at that ) rather than in the minds of a couple about to sleep together . |
| 30 | Nearly a quarter of a century on , the philosophy of The Graduate now seems as touchingly ingenuous as its hero , but the situations are still delightfully humorous in the best traditions of romantic comedy , tinged with a certain sadness . |