Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also found that sitting a person inside for a period each day helped the processes of healing . |
| 2 | She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening . |
| 3 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 4 | Players asked to make heavy commitment If things go to plan , Scotland may be in for a bit more travel , as Harry Pincott in Cape Town explains |
| 5 | I am getting thrown a little more , but I feel stronger and better with a lot more aggression . ’ |
| 6 | Um also by that time er perhaps with a bit more experience of the world you 've got a bit more to compare it with and you 've got a strong sense that this is unjust , unreasonable and that other people do n't have to suffer from it . |
| 7 | so up a hill all day , you can use a lot more |
| 8 | Well I I shall be away for a while this summer , so hard lines . . |
| 9 | He says ; I do think they do forget the basic points and they go away with a lkot more knowledge and hopefully will save lives . |
| 10 | He admitted last night : ‘ We will do well to come away with a point this time . |
| 11 | An ally is a nation which you beat fair and square in a war some time ago and which is now on your side . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'm not in a scrape this time , so stop fussing . ’ |
| 13 | They had raised themselves but still remained crouched , and were moving slowly by the hedge towards the tree , when once again Martin 's attention was brought round to the strip of woodland , not by a noise this time , but by a strange feeling of impending danger . |
| 14 | When a proton and deuterium fuse they also give helium-3 , accompanied not by a neutron this time but by radiant energy , a gamma ray . |
| 15 | ONLY days after the European Community summit agreed to convene a conference next year to change the EC constitution and prepare for monetary union , demands were raised by EC leaders yesterday for a second such conference to extend the powers of the European Parliament even further . |
| 16 | Aubrey says you might come home for a visit this summer . |
| 17 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 18 | Though once in a while such separation strokes may have a slight accentual implication as perhaps in ex.3c in the majority of cases they do not . |
| 19 | Once upon a time this plasteel cavern with its ranks of mighty support pillars must have seemed spacious , voluminous , gargantuan . |
| 20 | ‘ At the rate he 's working up he 's heading straight for a crisis some time today . ’ |
| 21 | And if had n't of got on the phone and sort of made a song and dance about it , and told one or two things , and said one or two things they come up with a bit more money , but again you have to lie through your teeth to get back what you 're really entitled to ! |
| 22 | And I erm , just picked that up in a garage some place , thought it was such a cool , I just really liked the picture . |
| 23 | The issue could even boil up to a climax this weekend when Bowe and his voluble manager Rock Newman are due in London to attend the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year awards programme . |
| 24 | Up to a point this claim is justified , although a more interesting comparison might be with Alvin Toffler 's Third Wave , rather than his Future Shock This comparison , however , brings out some of the weaknesses as well as the strengths of Naisbitt 's study . |
| 25 | He is also , like many archaeologists , a connoisseur of real ale , so it is not surprising that he singles out as a favourite this inscription from Upton-on-Severn : |
| 26 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 27 | All they are doing is making a lot more money out of a lot more misery . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |
| 29 | However , with his stable 's runners back with a bang this term , Trainglot is worth one last chance to show his true class . |
| 30 | We came out of the ditch , moving now with a lot more urgency . |