Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to catch whales goes back a thousand years or more in Japanese history . |
| 2 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 3 | Greene may have half-intended readers to identify Mr Savory with Priestley , and every year throws up a few romans clearly in need of a clef . |
| 4 | K.S. Karol turns up a few stones — and discovers what wriggles underneath . |
| 5 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 6 | The partnership of Müller and Völker dates back a few years to the Bayreuth Festival — we have extracts of their portrayals there of these roles in 1936 ( but studio-made ) on Telefunken ( available on a variety of labels on LP ) . |