Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't yet know what these are , but for reasons which it would n't be proper for me to go into we believe that we may know more about them in about a week . |
| 2 | They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it . |
| 3 | ‘ I babysit for them about once a fortnight while Graham stays at home with our own children , and she or her husband do the same for us , ’ explains Sally . |
| 4 | ‘ People would be wrong to think of me as just a centre forward who is good in the air . |
| 5 | I learned that the Manitoba Racing Commission had moreover by midafternoon given each of them not only a champagne reception and a splendid lunch but also , as a memento , a framed group photograph of all the owners on the trip . |
| 6 | Even young knocked a set of them out about an hour . |
| 7 | I went to his dressing room and slammed the door behind me so hard the mirror broke . |
| 8 | Refugees bring with them not just a bundle of belongings but an accumulation of skills and knowledge and a real determination to make a positive contribution to their new country . |
| 9 | We intend to arrive at the Radcliffe Infirmary at 10.30 am on Thursday 15 June and we would hope to complete the interview with you in approximately an hour . |
| 10 | They should be with you in about an hour … . ’ |
| 11 | Nevertheless , in the contemporary English village it is this feeling of having been ‘ taken over ’ by outsiders that usually prevails among the agricultural population and with it not only a sense of ‘ loss of community ’ , but an inevitable animus against the invasion of ‘ furriners ’ . |
| 12 | Retirement usually brings with it not only the loss of the largest single activity in which people have engaged , but also a massive drop in income , standard of living and social status . |
| 13 | In a particularly difficult matter which necessitated a partner dealing with it throughout then the rate would be £108 per hour , and in a simple matter which was dealt with by a legal executive or newly qualified solicitor , the rate will be about £75 per hour . |
| 14 | ‘ There were arms everywhere , pulling him back and tugging at his shirt , and they got away with it just about every time . ’ |
| 15 | Rose swallowed and came out with it in rather a rush . |
| 16 | The bed would be well warmed by the time he got into it in about an hour from now . |
| 17 | He had beaten her , cowed her , instilled in her once more the rule of obedience . |
| 18 | She felt almost sorry for Professor M. L. Vaughan , who was obviously in the same rank as her self-confident great-uncle , and differed from him on almost every point . |
| 19 | They refused , and by the threat of armed rebellion they extorted from him once again the confirmation of the Charters , and the ratification of the perambulations made in 1299 and 1300 . |
| 20 | But you wo n't get in it easily now the tide 's up . |
| 21 | Yet , as one of his prose pieces of the period reveals , the desert remained for him not only a place of death , but also a place of Christian triumph . |
| 22 | This was for her pretty well the end of the matter . |
| 23 | Bush justified the move on the grounds that the legislation was " unacceptable to me on almost every ground : ethical , fiscal , administrative , philosophical and legal " . |
| 24 | Moreover , the event seemed to me much more a paean to the Pahlavi family than to Iran . |
| 25 | My senses returned to me in perhaps an hour , when I beheld the roof burning . |
| 26 | The girl had struggled at first , but Bernice had reassured her : They 'll bring me to you in just a minute , she 'd said . |
| 27 | I want to find out what people are saying , yes I 'll come to you in just a second about internment . |
| 28 | I 'll be getting across to you in just a second , just give us a second and I 'll be right over there mate . |
| 29 | I 'll let Peter come back to you in just a moment erm and there are more question I would ask you as well but erm now we must take a short break with time at nine twenty six . |
| 30 | Great , okay Nick , thanks for that , we 'll come back to you in just a moment , but I did promise a racing competition . |