Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.

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1	I also heard of a former Scottish internationalist who felt obliged to leave the ground 15 minutes before the end concerned that he might otherwise lose his temper and respond to provocation .
2	Let me just run through a few features of American political life which make it rather different to er to our own er sceptred isle .
3	Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance .
4	She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job .
5	No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer
6	Had she also changed in a few short months ?
7	We obviously put in a few more details …
8	Unfortunately this is a problem which faces both kites er and ospreys and , and some other birds of prey , so er we always look for a few losses , but we hope that nevertheless , in a good season like this , the birds will breed well enough to produce good numbers of young .
9	We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her .
10	They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them .
11	Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth , they now survive in a few straggling colonies .
12	It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months .
13	It usually leads to a few cracked paving stones , ’ he said .
14	Although some years later he was to describe the kind of people with whom he now associated in a less than enthusiastic manner , it was really only in such company that he could feel any sense of purposefulness .
15	The Valley is the capital of the area but do n't expect much — it simply consists of a few official buildings , shops and the island 's only traffic light !
16	He then fainted for a few seconds .
17	He then appeared in a few Austrian films before fleeing from the Nazis in the late 1930s .

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