Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pron] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So will I ask you for forty-two pounds today and then not come near you for a month ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
| 3 | Then we waited , as the ships ahead of us lifted off one at a time to make their laborious way through the Valve 's exit security process . |
| 4 | France has unquestionably built up something of a lead in this area . |
| 5 | When he thought one might be possible , he was immensely sentimental , would give up everything for a lover ; yet it was his own exigence that made it difficult for anyone to live up to him , to match his quick apprehension , his wide range of interests , the fervour with which he experienced everything . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh just a boring errand , to pick up something from a friend of my aunt 's . ’ |
| 7 | They , along with compositors , paper makers , wool sorters and colliers , had developed the rolling strike , or strike in detail , whereby shops were turned out one at a time with those in work supporting those who were withdrawn . |
| 8 | Nor can one tell the normal value of a mine , although some must have given considerable yields — Wolsey , as bishop of Durham , let out one at a rent of £180 a year ( 82 , pp.164–5 ) . |
| 9 | No star will appear as anything but a dot of light . |
| 10 | ‘ Came here myself as a boy once — playing football . |
| 11 | ‘ It had been there for years — I played there myself as a child — but it was situated in the worst possible place . |
| 12 | As a young man he had been pursued by many women ; that he secretly despised them did not lessen his attractiveness but in later years his large family and increasing years had hung about him with a weight as great as any deformity : but he would never risk exposing himself as Rose had . |
| 13 | Perhaps the ginseng had altered the balance of his Yin and Yang , which can do absolutely anything to a man . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell the housekeeper she must count the needles , and only give out one at a time to the girls — they lose them so easily ! |
| 15 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 16 | So we 've got the I think that to fulfil I I P requirements , we 've got ta put out some it would be useful to put out something like a training and and development policy . |
| 17 | ‘ Bewitching cities where famous sights swirl around you in a kaleidoscope ’ |
| 18 | Matters were sufficiently serious for us to be called forward one at a time . |
| 19 | For instance it may be that , viewed at this point , the woman has a quality of cautious practicality and by comparison the man seems a reckless dreamer , which is hard to see as anything but a weakness . |
| 20 | There should have been light from above and below , but in fact there was almost none , and it was partly because of that , and because it was also rather colder than it had to be , that Quiss had set off something like an hour before to find some of the castle 's attendants . |
| 21 | For example , if one has found out something about a course , about what 's happening on it , how well the pupils are learning , how interested they are in it and what different members of staff think of its value and so on , then you 've got a certain amount of evidence about it . |
| 22 | You can also map almost anything to a key-combination on the keyboard — how does |
| 23 | He did n't drink much himself as a rule and neither did Lane , but tonight was the night for it . |
| 24 | The dog who settles near you with a sigh |
| 25 | This is the case of Austria , for instance , of which it has been said that ‘ banished to insignificant social roles , Austrian federalism has taken on something of a folklore quality ’ . |
| 26 | It seemed warm to him , as the handle of a spoon or a fork had often been , passed from her hand to his , after she 'd mashed up something on a plate for him when he was younger . |
| 27 | Just let anyone come near it with a sprayer ! |
| 28 | no I mean er they went , they did assist did n't ya in a shop |
| 29 | Now , you worked for the erm the tenants ' action group , did n't you for a time ? |
| 30 | wait forty five minutes cos then you wan na catch all their er speaking do n't you on a tape ? |