Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And I Queensbank and he would n't even give me more than a fiver !
2 Demonstrations of on-line systems and implementation via the all important OSI standard that will give you more than a taste of what is already possible in the Age of Information .
3 ‘ Thank you , but this time I need n't keep you more than a minute .
4 ‘ Ah , Maria , ’ Michele spoke in Italian , ‘ I 'm sorry to call at such an awkward time , but I wo n't keep you more than a minute . ’
5 Perhaps it 's the pipistrelle bats and that 's why , if I looked , I would n't see anything outside but a disturbance of shadow .
6 The wrong policy could cost you more than a pocketful of dreams .
7 Remember , though , that the same planning and building rules apply as for a kit garage ; and the job will almost certainly cost you more than a kit garage would .
8 They need not cost you more than a meal out and a trip to the theatre , yet they will provide many more hours of pleasure .
9 Incredible as it sounds a weekend package with Cresta can cost you less than a flight to Paris in the normal way .
10 If I can use erm an analogy of my own rather than of his , to produce erm a detailed adaptation of an organism to a specific way of life , if only large steps , large mutational changes were possible , would be a little like trying a surgeon trying to remove erm an appendix with a scalpel mounted on some kind of trolley clamp with the rule that he could n't move it less than a foot at a time .
11 I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 .
12 Did I tell you once that a nurse on erm radiotherapy did my psychometry ?
13 Johnson returned to this case now in Aberdeen , saying that even though he understood how difficult it would be to ensure accurate evidence , it still did not make it right that a murderer should go unpunished .
14 She 's half brought it back already , but she ca n't make it more than a ruin .
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