• a mistake on your part
• a model woman
• a monkey with a tin tool
• a moot point
• a moral imperative
• a muddle
• a must
• a name to conjure with
• a narrow escape
• a naughty little beggar
• a never-ending job
• a nice guy
• a nice how-d'ye-do
• a nice mess
• a non juring
• a north country compliment
• a novel by ...
• a number of
• a number of things
• a pack of cards Br.
• a pack of lies
• a painting dated 1890
• a pair of compasses
• a pair of cords
• a pair of scissors
• a pair of tongs
• a pair of trousers
• a palmful of
• a paltry three shillings
• a pancake broken up with a fork after frying
• a passing fancy
• a patch of garden
• a pathetic bunch
• a perfect dream
• a person with no scruples
• a pervert
• a piece of advice
• a piece of data
• a pinch of salt
• a pious hope
• a place in the sun
• a plain sailing
• a point of honour
• a pointed remark
• a pondering silence
• a poor devil
• a poor policy
• a posteriori
• a posteriori knowledge
• a prayer for peace
• a pretty penny
• a priori
• a priori knowledge
• a priori probability
• a prodigy of learning
• a property
• a punch below the belt
• a quack doctor
• a qualified yes
• a quarter after 8 Am.
• a quarter of 10 Am.
• a quarter past 8 Br.
• a quarter to 10 Br.
• a queasy feeling
• a question of time
• a question on sth.
• a quiver full of children
• a ready-made suit
• a reasonable time
• a reel of cotton
• a remarkable coincidence
• a repentant sinner
• a respectable bank
• a revolutionary discovery
• a ripple of laughter
• a roll of banknotes
• a roll of paper
• a round lie
• a rule of great generality
• a run of good luck
• a run of luck
• a scarce copy
• a scientist of distinction
• a scoop of ice-cream
• a scorching heat
• a score of people
• a scourge
• a sealed book
• a seasonable offer
• a second helping
• a self man
• a sense of occasion
• a set locution
• a shady past
• a sheet of paper
• a short while ago
• a shot in the arm
• a showy dress
• a sight for sore eyes
• a sight for the gods