Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] a [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 2 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 3 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 4 | These atoms , as we have seen , are spewed out from dying stars ; but it would take at least a billion years for a star to use up all its helium energy and explode , hence life could not exist in a universe consisting of the shortest-living stars , since the necessary elements such as carbon would not exist . |
| 5 | Wycliffe decided to call off the search which would release at least a dozen men to return to normal duties . |
| 6 | So you could say for exactly a hundred years we 've had a basic law designed to give us rights every time we go shopping . |