Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taken to see the King , but had to wait for at least an hour while he struggled with a difficult mathematical question . |
| 2 | In a related development , agriculture minister Adam Tanski called on banks to suspend for at least a month legal proceedings against private farmers who were unable to pay back credit . |
| 3 | The tower , it was generally believed , was unlikely to fall for at least a century . |
| 4 | Nominations need to stand for at least a week , but MPs will not be at Westminster to vote . |
| 5 | The strips were initially placed under 1.0 g resting tension and allowed to equilibrate for at least an hour before the start of experiments . |
| 6 | She would n't be fit enough to ride for at least a week , but she was able to organize the move to a new flat which Annie had found for her , situated just behind the saddler 's shop . |
| 7 | She would need somewhere to stay for at least a night , and her closest friend in the town was herself an academic . |
| 8 | Once the fire is out , turn off the heat source and leave the pan to cool for at least an hour before attempting to move it . |