Example sentences of "[adv] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It could cross the open sea , and land on the enemy coast small groups of men who , in raids lasting perhaps a few hours or , at most , a day or two , could do much damage to both enemy property and morale . |
| 32 | We sit there for half an hour perhaps and log one car , a few walkers , several cows , perhaps a few ghosts . |
| 33 | The age that Flavia gave her was Constanza 's , perhaps a few years more . |
| 34 | I should have said that these houses are all close to the road , perhaps a few paces from the pavement . |
| 35 | How big is the search space ? perhaps a few hundred states |
| 36 | ‘ It is thirty years now , perhaps a few more . |
| 37 | However , most of these were very small organizations only arranging a few hundred or perhaps a few thousand holidays a year . |
| 38 | The statue can not have stood long in the weather , and one would guess it one of the last set up before the Persians came , the girl perhaps a few years earlier . |
| 39 | Perhaps a few bullets ? |
| 40 | I decided to focus on the Matter again ; the cooking facilities ; it looked like it would have to be a barby of some sort , with paper logs made out of Bible pages twisted up and tied into knots — not the lovely picture pages , they remind me too much of Ma and Pa 's bedroom — perhaps a few letters to the Corinthians ; nice and dry . |
| 41 | Ancient marble columns and building blocks are scattered throughout the village , providing a doorstep here , a lintel there , or perhaps a few mooring posts . |
| 42 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 43 | She had perhaps a few spoonfuls of oil ; she was told to pour those minute contents of her jar into jars that might have held a hundred times as much as she had . |
| 44 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 45 | We might run in the chaps I saw , and perhaps a few others , if they maintain a twenty-four hour guard on the place . |
| 46 | The narrowest such " we " -group is that of the domestic family itself , parents and their young children and their co-resident retainers ( if there are any ) , but the category " kinsmen " also embraces grandparents and grandchildren , married siblings and their children , married children , uncles and aunts , first cousins , and perhaps a few more . |
| 47 | ‘ Perhaps a few minutes more , ’ she answered . |
| 48 | Perhaps a few hours away from here would cure the feeling of claustrophobia that was beginning to creep over her . |
| 49 | Perhaps a few lessons might be in order . ’ |
| 50 | Many of you will remember Her Majesty the Queen 's visit in 1984 when she opened the Queen 's Library at Sighthill , and perhaps a few of you will recall the Duke of Edinburgh 's visit in 1965 . |
| 51 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |
| 52 | For quite long stretches of the meal these glances , with perhaps a few small frowns and smiles , are all we need to sustain communication . |
| 53 | A winter working on Mozart , perhaps a few concerts , and then we 'll see . ’ |
| 54 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 55 | Disappointment for Oxford , joy for Swindon and perhaps a few more converts to Rugby League . |
| 56 | In miles per second that 's not so easy , but humans have travelled at perhaps a few tens of miles per second in a spacecraft . |
| 57 | It 's no use going on a six day trail ride , with six hours daily in the saddle , if all you want is some gentle hacking in a scenic setting , with perhaps a few longer pub rides as an added bonus . |
| 58 | Looks round for escape from this man who is obviously a few co-ordinates short of a bearing , and starts to back away slowly . |
| 59 | Obviously a few spare fivers had not found the right pocket . |
| 60 | erm And obviously a few people do n't like the sight of people on the Cowley , the Cowley Hospital site , and things like that . |