Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a bit annoyed so I said do n't get messed about I said this is the whole point cos if , if you get over there and there 's and it 's only for a bloody week it 'll be annoying . |
| 2 | If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’ |
| 3 | This is in a twelve hour so for a daily flow we 've This was a surveying period about twenty percent for to these for a full day . |
| 4 | So for a full week he had sat in the outer office , and waited . |
| 5 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 6 | So , so as a rich peasant you 've got doubts about this ? |
| 7 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 8 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 9 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 10 | It was freezing — literally — so after a not-too-exhaustive search we settled for a place that was warm and , as it turned out , very good . |
| 11 | Regardless of a critical report it had itself commissioned , the World Bank has decided for the time being to continue financing the Sardar Sarovar dam and canal project on the Narmada river in India . |
| 12 | The little girls were still watching me , now rather doubtfully , I thought , so with a mighty effort I changed my whole concept of what I was , in order to respond . |
| 13 | Water voles are very shortsighted and so with a little care they can be easily observed . |
| 14 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 15 | He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery . |
| 16 | For example , in France , we have to comply with the French plan comptable , so within a particular row you state the origin of the information , that is , which nominal ledger account you want to get it from — we have a fairly simple account code structure with cost centre account codes — then you say the club name and its account number . |
| 17 | I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding . |
| 18 | She said if you went out alone in a tight skirt you were black and blue before you 'd gone a hundred yards . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |
| 20 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |
| 21 | ‘ It says so in a little book I got from Our Lady 's Bookshop . |
| 22 | ( When notes are close together in a low register they sound crude and clumsy , and fail to give a good bass to the harmony . |
| 23 | They only used to ever lock the door from the outside and er I er had to make er fifty and as I say , number them one up to fifty and er then they 'd perhaps on a odd occasion they sent me an order for one , the number the number |
| 24 | It must be continuous around the walls , so on a sloping site it will step up and down along the joints in the brickwork . |
| 25 | He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible . |
| 26 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 27 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 28 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 29 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 30 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |