Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when these differences were revealed it was difficult to know which side feared cancelling the project most — ironically it might be the donor with its vested interest in a cumulative increase in annual disbursements , rather than the government with several hundred projects of which at least a half could be in the same state . |
| 2 | She walked over to the rail and leant her forearms on it as she stared across the river , and drew in a shuddery little breath , hating the fact that Luke could make her so aware of him with just a look . |
| 3 | Moyer spoke in support of it for almost an hour . |
| 4 | I think the first minute and a half will stay with me for quite a while . |
| 5 | ‘ At the first sign of the housing collapse , we brought in Coopers & Lybrand and worked with them for about a year . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I 've been playing around with one for quite a while ; it 's a very nice piece of work . |
| 7 | Francesca sounded rattled and hostile , and McLeish gazed at the wall , wondering if he had really been in love with her for over a year . |
| 8 | I was with her for about an hour . |
| 9 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 10 | He says it 's better to live in a town without too many cars with everybody with just a bike . |
| 11 | Half a dozen wild rabbits were all the stock I observed upon them with scarcely a blade or leaf of herbage to keep even these alive ; doubtless through the folly or madness of the first occupiers ( after appropriation ) in converting them to arable farms instead of sheep walks and rabbit warrens ’ . |
| 12 | After instruction in the regulations of the ‘ prison ’ the volunteers were placed in it for nearly a week , and their reactions and behaviour observed . |
| 13 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 14 | But there were men in it for quite a while , I was wondering when that kind of faded out . |
| 15 | People wanted to be the next model to sit and she 'd chat to them for about an hour and draw , and they 'd get a picture at the end of the session , just like you get in the street . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't go to my father 's funeral and Mum did n't speak to me for about a year . |
| 17 | You know perfectly well our enforced intimacy was a great strain on me after only a day or so . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She 'd been working on them for quite a while . |
| 19 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him . |
| 21 | goes to her for quite a while and she was saying , Oh I do n't think Shavina likes me . |
| 22 | She felt as if she had been woken from a deep sleep and was conscious of pulling her mind back , painfully , as if it had been a kite out there , held to her by only a string . |
| 23 | He must , for had n't she let him make love to her after just a handful of meetings , when they hardly knew each other ? |
| 24 | but this diet is the one that Shelly , she lost quite a lot and Jill went on it for quite a while |
| 25 | Mayli stared at him for just a second , then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now . |
| 26 | Michael had a nice fiddle going , and he 's been at it for over a year now . |
| 27 | He was at it for quite a while . |
| 28 | I lose count of the lengths ; she 's at it for almost an hour , with her mind as empty as she can make it . |