Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [det] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector , his mind too feverish to recollect for more than a moment what all this activity was about , became absorbed in the contemplation of this pariah dog . |
| 2 | One is certainly not enough , when you consider the number of cars and drivers who use this stretch of motorway each day.It 's unwise for people tol have to drive for more than an hour and a half without taking a break . |
| 3 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 4 | It was due to open in less than a week . |
| 5 | Was it possible , after all , that Vologsky could be primed to defect in less than a month ? |
| 6 | That was the third angry walkout in one biological day , and the second threat to resign in less than a bio-week . |
| 7 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 8 | We now have a unique chance to build on more than a decade of solid progress , bringing further benefits and new successes to a nation that is , at last , getting used to real achievement . |
| 9 | Digital Equipment Corp systems management provider Raxco Inc , Rockville , Maryland , and UK-based UIS Ltd , Epsom , Berkshire are to merge after more than a year of negotiations . |
| 10 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
| 11 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 12 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |
| 13 | The form book insists Jodami will need to improve by more than a stone if he is to trouble The Fellow . |
| 14 | But suddenly , around one minute into the round , the Champ drops his gloves to his sides , exposing his chin , and when his opponent tries to reach it with punches , he pulls his head back and away , just like the Ali we remember , causing the kid to miss by less than an inch . |
| 15 | Only the better-off could afford to travel at more than a walking pace in eighteenth-century England — unless , that is , they had access to a riding horse . |