Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other symptoms were deemed to be present if they occurred on at least a quarter of the days or occasions , except that passage of mucus was taken as a symptom if it had ever occurred ( this being normal clinical practice ) . |
| 2 | While most of use were struggling to stay on the roads , the all-wheel-drive cars swanned along with barely a feather ruffled . |
| 3 | Zurich has benefited in its search for profitable target markets from having a strong international network , built up over nearly a century , with operations in 40 countries . |
| 4 | I think I got away with quite a lot , considering . |
| 5 | One set of doors led through to where a sign marked ‘ The Studio ’ took me down a flight of stairs to the basement beneath , the cosiness and warmth of which was a welcomed contrast to the watery excesses above . |
| 6 | We drove slowly to where a sentry stood . |
| 7 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 8 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 9 | On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows . |
| 10 | She only did , them drama people came up with quite a lot ideas |
| 11 | He turned away with just a touch of impatience . |
| 12 | But 39-year-old Patrese clambered out with just a pair of bruised knees and trembling hands . |
| 13 | ‘ Even while then it still had n't clicked in my brilliant brain why I was acting so , I put my foot down , and kept it there , and arrived here with about an hour to spare before your train was due in . |
| 14 | The poorest households suffered the most , and this led temporarily to both a levelling and an aggregate move downwards in Volga peasant society . |
| 15 | They were immensely hairy , had breasts that hung down at least a yard and were used by the males as beasts of burden . |
| 16 | I walked through to where a Chief-Corporal was standing behind a table . |
| 17 | At the front of the building he gave me a nod and walked over to where a police sedan with a uniformed driver was waiting . |
| 18 | ENGINEER Windsor Rees plunged half a mile down a mountainside in his Land-Rover and walked away with just a graze . |
| 19 | I walked away with hardly a glimpse back . ’ |
| 20 | Ira Sanchez was looking at the birds ; then he glanced up to where a man was taking bets on the far side . |
| 21 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 22 | The next day , the villagers found Babushka dead in the straw , curled up with only an ox and an ass to watch over her . |
| 23 | " Intense gunfire " broke out for about an hour near the government palace in central Algiers soon after the decree was announced , Agence France-Presse reported . |
| 24 | The longer you leave it the more likely you are to profit from the upward trend in equities established now for nearly a century . |
| 25 | He talked freely about quite a number of subjects , but had not once broached the question of being sent ashore . |
| 26 | We got here in just an hour and five minutes . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 28 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 29 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 30 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |