Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] a [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She only did , them drama people came up with quite a lot ideas |
| 9 | They were immensely hairy , had breasts that hung down at least a yard and were used by the males as beasts of burden . |
| 10 | I walked through to where a Chief-Corporal was standing behind a table . |
| 11 | Ira Sanchez was looking at the birds ; then he glanced up to where a man was taking bets on the far side . |
| 12 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 15 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 16 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 17 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 18 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 19 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 20 | But she knew at once why I had asked and went on with hardly a break for punctuation , ‘ Well , love , what 's with you ? |
| 21 | I went out with quite a lot of men before I met Stuart . |
| 22 | A short time later they went out to where a bay gelding and a grey mare were tethered and , after instructing her concerning the correct side to mount , he gave her a leg up . |
| 23 | This was no understatement : the problem went back at least a century to the ‘ Black Assize ’ at Oxford where ‘ all who were present died in 40 hours ; the Lord Chief Baron , the Sheriff and about 300 more ’ ( Pettifer 1939 : 17 ) . |
| 24 | I began confidently enough , with a humorous extract , but when the first couple of jokes went by with never a chuckle from the audience , I became nervous . |
| 25 | Russia 's highest legislature put off until today a decision on whether to introduce a resolution asking Mr Yeltsin to nominate a new Prime Minister . |
| 26 | Car insurance premiums shot up by almost a quarter — and drivers will suffer 15 per cent rises over the next year . |