Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |
2 | Nicola 's parents stayed at her bedside until 2.30am before snatching a few hours ' sleep in a room at the hospital . |
3 | It was n't , blast it , one of those back seats that turn into a double bed or a discotheque just by twiddling a few knobs and wrenching your spine out of joint . |
4 | They say that aside from getting a few noses out of joint at Microsoft Corp , enough people felt BillyGram was a silly name and would prevent it from being taken seriously . |
5 | LABOUR 'S Nigel Griffiths checked out claims of computer game rip-offs yesterday by going a few rounds with Sega 's Sonic The Hedgehog . |
6 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
7 | It is well worth spending a few minutes setting up the rails and lace carriage to see how it works even if you do n't want to knit with them at present . |
8 | We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think . |
9 | Some hairdressers charge extra for this but it 's well worth paying a few pounds for . |
10 | Even after adding a few extras such as salt £14 , a thermometer £1.25 and a hydrometer £3.50 , I was still left with a small margin . |
11 | But he made up for it there by scoring a half century . |
12 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
13 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
14 | When finance became available to complete the park in a traditional gardenesque manner , there was so much opposition that , apart from surfacing a few paths and strengthening the natural scrub , it was left . |
15 | So , you know , we 're looking forward to getting a little way in that competition . |
16 | This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family . |
17 | I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time . |