Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we 're gon na be commemorating and celebrating in a few moments the sacrifice to the very point of giving his own life . |
| 2 | Something to do with a hundred times the amount is n't it . |
| 3 | If the symptoms disappear in a few days no more medicine is needed , but if the symptoms persist dosing continues as before to complete the cure §281 . |
| 4 | Chuckball is a mixture of basketball and handball … invented in Switzerland its now taking a hold in this country … its a non contact sport but is played at a hundred miles an hour … and top dogs are Cheltenham 's Junior Team … they 've just won the European Championship … a big deal … |
| 5 | Perhaps it will be both rather more demanding and more flexible than some , asking for a few hours a year but with more emphasis on personal planning . |
| 6 | For a small minority , success led to A level courses the following year , but for the great majority the goal was employment either during or at the end of the year . |
| 7 | And when they go on holiday with Ann and the old man they used to get through a hundred pounds a day and they go for a week . |
| 8 | ‘ It took us 22 years to get to a billion dollars a quarter in revenues and , thanks to the explosion in demand for the 80486 chip , less than three years to get to two billion dollars a quarter , ’ said president Andrew Grove . |
| 9 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
| 10 | Britains richest man … was fined a hundred and twenty pounds for speeding at a hundred miles an hour along the M5 . |
| 11 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 12 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 13 | A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … . |