Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , working with anybody , just just for just for a few minutes each it 's just because what I want you to experience is what it 's like to continually go over the same thing , I want you to experience that , to continually stick to your guns just experience that okay ? |
| 2 | Mark Farmer who 's already recorded the fastest lap of just over a 120 miles an hour is teaming up with Robert Dunlop … they ride over six laps … |
| 3 | Downstairs what he ( he would ) called ‘ the lounge ’ is a beautiful room , much bigger than the other rooms , peculiarly square , you do n't expect it , with one huge crossbeam supported on three uprights in the middle of the room , and other crossbeams and nooks and delicious angles an architect would n't think of once in a thousand years . |
| 4 | Must have got rid of nigh on a thousand acres all told . |
| 5 | The US Energy Department and the Westinghouse concern significantly under-reported leaks of up to a million gallons of radioactive water from storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation , according to a General Accounting Office ( GAO ) report . |
| 6 | It will also replace a rotten back door , under a scheme with the local district council which offers grants of up to a thousand pounds for such work for elderly people in the town . |
| 7 | But already they carry a price tag of up to a thousand pounds each . |
| 8 | The industry said it would be preferable to leave it for up to a hundred years to allow its radioactivity to decay to a manageable level . |
| 9 | Acknowledging the problems of information confidentiality and the need to retain machine-readable records for up to a hundred years before they can be publically released , it still seems feasible for the various interested parties to forge links in order to share expertise and avoid the needless duplication of effort . |
| 10 | The fund will provide grants for up to a thousand pounds for these organisations to spend on such training . |
| 11 | The effect takes more than 10ms to develop and can last for up to a few seconds . |
| 12 | These typically cater for up to a dozen boys and girls of various ages , and they are run by a houseparent with some assistance by day . |
| 13 | A dog otter 's territory can stretch for up to a dozen miles which gives some indication of their range . |
| 14 | During the lifetime of the roof they will have to deal with up to a million gallons of water and will be subjected to the sun 's ultra-violet rays , frost , snow and wind . |
| 15 | The busiest time is in summer , with up to a thousand covers for three meals a day , seven days a week , which means recruiting up to 20 extra staff . |
| 16 | Coula trees grow close together at Taï , and so coula-nut-cracking is often quite a social activity , with up to a dozen chimpanzees feeding together . |
| 17 | They 'll be forcing their way in here in a few minutes . |
| 18 | ‘ I had to get away from there for a few hours . |
| 19 | Yeah , erm when we went in there for a few times used to get headaches and that . |
| 20 | In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story , except perhaps to a few friends alone . |
| 21 | And er he was there for quite a number of years and then went to just for a few years , and came back to Galashiels to work with the same firm and then he started business on his own . |
| 22 | He 's a student , working over here for a few months . |
| 23 | Photometry of the Moon with Earth-based radar shows that over much of the near side the dust extends downwards for at least about a hundred metres . |
| 24 | Now in in the bakery at that time it was one of the most progressive bakeries in the city and it must have employed at least about a hundred bakers . |
| 25 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 26 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 27 | ‘ Just as you 're going to have to endure being separated from Jeff every day — at least for a few hours , while we do our English lessons . ’ |
| 28 | If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks . |
| 29 | There is no reason why you should not have a weekly reward for remaining the same weight , at least for a few months after you have attained your ideal shape . |
| 30 | For most women , working and childbearing are alternatives , at least for a few years . |