Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adv] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurtling along the open track and through what might be called a blinding blizzard , the C.P.R. ‘ Special ’ carried Gladstone Murray and his party to Regina in just over an hour . |
| 2 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 3 | Since I 'd been living in the flat , Shadwell had been coming to see Eva at least once a week , during the day , when Dad was at the office . |
| 4 | His cellarman who had to make the journey to Culver Street at least twice a day was an ex-City Police Sergeant named Golding . |
| 5 | But , throughout it all we see Jesus as not just a teacher , he must be more than that . |
| 6 | Secondly , they had to find some means of reducing the volume of Gascon appeals to Paris to as low a level as possible . |
| 7 | He exudes brown , from his sombre mood , due possibly , to a diet too rich in Kafka at too early an age , to his dark brown beard and curly hair . |
| 8 | This was the Wasp ’ that stung twice when 99 Spitfires were delivered to Malta in so short a period . |
| 9 | It is true that there were six different Ministers of Fuel and Power while he was chairman : Shinwell when the Central Authority was constituted , Gaitskell between 1947 and 1950 , then Philip Noel-Baker until Labour 's defeat in 1951 , and , under the Conservatives , Geoffrey Lloyd until 1955 , then Aubrey Jones for just over a year , followed by Lord Mills . |
| 10 | He travels to the US at least once a month and enjoys getting out and about . |
| 11 | Liza , while delighted at last to be in the company of Freddie Nash for so long a stretch , was nevertheless sorry to have to share him with this senior fellow officer , however much she had hitherto enjoyed driving Brigadier Smithson . |
| 12 | At this time Miller was acting in an advisory capacity , as recorded in the Memoranda Book of John , Fourth Duke of Bedford ( Woburn Mss HMC 62 , extract above ) : ‘ March 13 1740/1 agreed with Mr. Miller to pay him Twenty Guineas a year for inspecting my Gardens hot houses , pruning the trees , etc. and to come to Woburn at least twice a year and oftner if wanted , to be paid at Lady Day yearly . ’ |
| 13 | Even so it is strange that Veblen should have failed to recognise the magnitude of what the fierce emulation of railroad promoters , industrialists and bankers in fact managed to achieve in North America during so short a space of time . |
| 14 | Marilyn has worked with Douglas Reyburn for just over a year as time keeper , but because of her clerical skills will also be helping out in the office when leave is taken by others . |
| 15 | RETURNED to London after too long an absence , Le Cirque Imaginaire is back until 6 March in the Riverside Studios where it made its UK debut many years ago . |
| 16 | I advised Jeanne to take Moby to as wide a variety of different places as possible and encourage him to meet many more people and dogs . |
| 17 | It 'll happen in his Ford Capri at least once a week . |