Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 2 | IBM Corp 's vast personal computer contract with the former Soviet Ministry of Education ended early with just 15,000 machines installed in schools and only 75% of those paid for , IBM Europe chief Renato Riverso told the Wall Street Journal ; he also said that IBM has yet to receive its first payment on its $150m contract to provide Aeroflot with a modern reservations system . |
| 3 | The final day of the hearing has included evidence from a Metropolitan Police forensic expert , who admitted ammunition found at the scene of the crime did n't match that found at Marsh 's parents ' home . |
| 4 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 5 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 6 | If so — But speculation was cut off when , turning round to retrace her steps , she caught sight of a red sports car winding up the drive . |
| 7 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 8 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 9 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 10 | During the next year or two we will be forming part of a special Sports Council programme when they will be concentrating their resources to help movement and dance organisations . |
| 11 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 12 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 13 | The books of John Sparrow , deceased warden of All Souls College Oxford , will likely fetch quarter of a million pounds at auction . |
| 14 | With this technique it is possible to restrict activation to a few cells and , by simultaneously monitoring single unit activity through a nearby recording electrode , establish the extent of spread of effective stimulation . |
| 15 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
| 16 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 17 | She hoped to announce a new initiative to tackle unemployment within a few weeks . |
| 18 | I shall give way in a few moments . |
| 19 | With ammunition stockpiles only sufficient to sustain combat for a few days , a lack of the requisite support crafts to service warships and insufficient wartime defence contingencies analysts said that future five-year plans needed to consolidate the qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of the Defence Forces . |
| 20 | The normal stopping method is to let the motor run at idling speed for a few seconds before depressing the ignition switch . |
| 21 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 22 | There 's one gigantic computer in California , which has got access to a hundred databases there called the stores of information , compiled mainly by the publishers of journals . |
| 23 | There 's one gigantic computer in California , which has got access to a hundred databases there called the stores of information , compiled mainly by the publishers of journals . |
| 24 | I HAVE had sex with a few girls but I do n't think that they found this experience very satisfying . |
| 25 | Killion opened fire at a hundred yards and emptied his drum in a series of probing bursts that brought a bloom of flames to the aircraft just as he skimmed over it . |
| 26 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 27 | This relic , when attached to a nearby hydrant well-hidden in nettles in the churchyard , spouted water at a dozen spots along its perished length and saturated several onlookers . |
| 28 | But the CTCs have been criticised by opponents who say the Government has lavished money on a few pupils at the expense of others throughout the country . |
| 29 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 30 | This range , although covered by many hundreds of metres of water for most of its length , breaks surface in a few places to form the chain of apparently unconnected volcanic islands . |