Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a strong temptation to paste what I access into what I 'm writing , or perhaps to forward a copy instantly to a colleague with a dozen taps on the keyboard . |
| 2 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 3 | My friend , who has stayed at the cottage before , is going up 24th or so for about a week , so there will be her rent @ £7 per day and electricity @ 10p per unit ( to cover standing charges etc ) to come to you in due course . |
| 4 | With central heating and fewer smokers these days , the decoration in a home can last 10 years or more with only a couple of adult occupants and you could therefore feel the need for change long before it really needs doing . |
| 5 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |
| 6 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 7 | Anyway she 's been going out on and off for quite a while now . |
| 8 | There you are out innocently canoeing , with the most gorgeous man this side of the Rocky Mountains , and out of nowhere a storm hits . |
| 9 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 10 | He bowed to her a little formally and then with only a hint of self-mockery kissed her hand . |
| 11 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |
| 12 | The Committee 's final report was published in 1977 but even before then a number of its conclusions and recommendations had already been acted upon . |