Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Merrill watched them walk across to where a group of small dinghies was moored .
2 But in riding , quietness , and general environment , Mark 3 coaches gliding through the countryside at speed owe little to even a decade ago .
3 And we get away with twice a week .
4 They fall into some categories do n't they , like the lazy slob , who never does anything , never washes a dish or ne never helps at all around the house , so even though they stay there for about a week .
5 I stay there for quite a while , until I get real good and warm .
6 I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light .
7 We sit there for nearly an hour , staring into the house-sized holes , mesmerized by the relentless sound and fury .
8 I sit there for quite a bit , hunched up on the pavement .
9 The head says the figures explain more about where a school is than how well it educates
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