Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | About six months ago I set up a 48″ × 15″ × 12″ tank for African cichlids . |
| 2 | A few weeks ago it auctioned off a lot of its furniture and fixtures as unnecessary to the kind of business it would be doing . |
| 3 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 4 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 5 | Two years ago he brought in a Commons Bill ( which , sadly , failed ) to try to clamp down on the boy racers . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later it sent out a distress call saying two of its four engines caught fire . |
| 7 | Ten minutes later it sent out a distress call : ‘ Two of the four engines are on fire . ’ |
| 8 | Er , on an average here we sent out a newsletter once every month and we have things called a crime line which is an answerphone service updated every week with all of our crimes on it . |
| 9 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 10 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 11 | In 1952 Gow followed the Theocritus with an admirable edition of the Greek bucolic poets in the series of Oxford Classical Texts , and a year later he brought out a valuable translation of these writers with a useful introduction . |