Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a strong temptation to paste what I access into what I 'm writing , or perhaps to forward a copy instantly to a colleague with a dozen taps on the keyboard . |
| 2 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 3 | My friend , who has stayed at the cottage before , is going up 24th or so for about a week , so there will be her rent @ £7 per day and electricity @ 10p per unit ( to cover standing charges etc ) to come to you in due course . |
| 4 | With central heating and fewer smokers these days , the decoration in a home can last 10 years or more with only a couple of adult occupants and you could therefore feel the need for change long before it really needs doing . |
| 5 | If we assume that some investors within each group were " not interested " in an activity made more profitable by the construction of a canal but only in dividends or , after 1790 , in speculative profit , and that this was almost wholly true of women investors , substantially so of the clergy and of the majority of those from the professions , then it is clear that overall at least a quarter of investment in canals was drawn from a net cast unprecedentedly widely . |
| 6 | He bowed to her a little formally and then with only a hint of self-mockery kissed her hand . |
| 7 | The Committee 's final report was published in 1977 but even before then a number of its conclusions and recommendations had already been acted upon . |