Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He ended up in Nairobi and lived there for quite a long time . |
| 32 | It had to be left long with just a little braid on the top and twisted underneath with a little bit of straw through for the summer . |
| 33 | They will be standing up for quite a long time . |
| 34 | Medical confidentiality you 're you 're just sitting there with bloody a private conversation we that I went for treatment with my doctor , and and the recommendations that she 's given me in , well well what 's the point er what er what 's going on ? |
| 35 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 36 | She set off with only a little food and she had n't gone far when a small boy appeared right in the middle of the road . |
| 37 | Such a book could conceivably be returned openly with only a modest blush ; but another labelled ‘ Stolen from … ’ would necessitate a more surreptitious means of restoration to its owner . |
| 38 | A real estate agent and descendant of one of the old missionary families , he set out with only a minimal grasp of technique to achieve the simple objective of riding the biggest wave in history . |