Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | That only lasted a year and a half . |
| 2 | This is home video , and if the person is not familiar with the text , then it is possible perhaps to have a libretto and translation to one side . |
| 3 | It was extended to Deanshanger in 1888 , but this only lasted a year and then it was closed , as was the track down Creed Street to the Wolverton Goods Yard in 1893 . |
| 4 | An economic boom developed in the spring of 1919 , but this only lasted a year and when the Bank Rate was hoisted to 7 per cent in April 1920 , the short-lived social reform programme was terminated . |
| 5 | cos that really was flying you know , that was , no , it was none of this fucking press a button and let the , just a computer do it , you 're a computer technician , you 're a pilot now , but this fucking Eddy , Eddy the , yeah real , there 's , there 's quite a few reputable |
| 6 | This initially proved a mirage and despite feelers put out by Baghdad for the holding of talks to air their differences , resistance continued . |
| 7 | But this too marked a climax and the end of a political epoch . |
| 8 | One of the ponies at my local stable always gets a cough and a runny nose when he is stabled in at nights . |
| 9 | Meanwhile their parents — and wives — turn back to the only resource over which they do have some control , and produce more children : hoping against hope that this one might stay and help with the work on the land , or that one might be lucky enough to get an education and a job sufficiently secure and well-paid to bring security for all the family . |
| 10 | We were to discover that it was just large enough to hold a corpse and two breathlessly claustrophobic busy-bodies . |
| 11 | At last it had been cold enough to need a blanket and a quilt , to hold Zosie in his arms without the sweat pouring off them both . |
| 12 | Pius XII also blessed a rosary and gave it to him — when he returned to London , he placed it on his mantelpiece with other memorabilia . |
| 13 | Goals and objectives are similar in that both provide a direction and a target for company or departmental activities . |
| 14 | And religion divorced from morality is like ‘ sounding brass ' ’ good only making a noise and breaking heads . ’ |
| 15 | In addition to these modest connections with the pavement from Gloucester , however , the latter also possesses a structure and character which are remarkably similar to those of the mosaic from Kingscote ( PI . |
| 16 | Because of their size they were unable fully to support a family and so there was need for off-farm employment . |
| 17 | I mean anybody else would of made do with a little bedroom , I mean it 's big enough to get a bed and a dressing table and what in , and it 's bigger , it 's a lot bigger than mine |
| 18 | While she had n't actually been demoted , she felt she had been moved sideways , possibly because word had drifted through to those in authority who controlled our movements that the American already had a wife and children in the States . |
| 19 | And two late passes a week and when you 've had those you can get in through the pantry window if the front door 's been locked . ’ |