Example sentences of "a [det] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to go board-sailing , maybe do a little water skiing . |
| 2 | The part is specified to dissipate a hot 175 watts at 4.5 volts so Western Research Labs engineers are rigging a little water cooling system sealed inside a low-pressure cylinder . |
| 3 | The face begins to swell and the eyes to protrude with the cough and then comes oedema between the eyelids and the eyebrows , even to the extent of a little water bag forming . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’ |
| 5 | We have all become used to matching colours in the home , and perhaps a little colour co-ordination in the garden would not go amiss . |
| 6 | Ben 's having a little sleep darling . |
| 7 | He had just time to form them up and move a little way forward himself from their hiding-place , to where he could see the ford and its approaches on either side , when the first fleeing riders came pounding down , splashing over and racing on . |
| 8 | Just have a little milk shake . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | The coins quietened the men 's agitation in the way that gold can , and Rincewind was amazed to find , half a minute later , that he was holding a little glass portrait of Twoflower wielding a huge notched sword and smiling as though all his dreams had come true . |
| 12 | And the third was a little glass key , wrought into fantastic fragile shape , and glittering with all the colours of the rainbow . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor . |
| 15 | Then she saw a little glass table with three legs , and on the top of it was a very small gold key . |
| 16 | I wonder , perhaps it will be a little glass house ? |
| 17 | Dust with a little icing sugar and serve warm or cold with crème fraîche or fromage frais . |
| 18 | Luxury sorbet with strawberry coulis Blend together strawberries with a little icing sugar in a good processor until it forms a smooth purée . |
| 19 | Roll it out on a board , dusted with a little icing sugar , to a rough triangle large enough to wrap around and over the top of the cake . |
| 20 | Dust lightly with a little icing sugar before serving . |
| 21 | Roll out and mould fondant using a little icing sugar or ( preferably ) cornflour for dusting to help prevent sticking . |
| 22 | Dust working surfaces with a little icing sugar or cornflour when rolling out , to prevent sticking . |
| 23 | She signed as she sifted a little icing sugar on to her home-made mince pies . |
| 24 | She sipped her brandy for a moment , then touched her lips with a little salt water … |
| 25 | I also often attach a little shade fringe of yarn under the colour key too , as this helps me remember later what type and quality of yarn was used , as well as the actual colours . |
| 26 | Examine your doors as a burglar would , and apply a little pressure top and bottom . |
| 27 | There was a lull in the progress of the Revolution , and for a little time Wordsworth associated with those sections of society where ‘ politics ’ were not discussed . |
| 28 | No , we need a little training session to brush up on handling the queries and objections that you may get , it 's like we did yesterday afternoon . |
| 29 | So what each branch has got is a little training room is n't it ? |
| 30 | With a little practice lighting becomes a matter of course . |