Example sentences of "or two [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is n't a false cornice or cove , form one by painting a stripe or two immediately under the ceiling . |
| 2 | " Saigon has a twin city , Cholon , a mile or two away across the plain — that 's where they 're making for . |
| 3 | Then plan a week or two away from the village in order to catch up with some of those desk jobs that are hanging over your head . |
| 4 | He stopped a pace or two away from the bed and regarded her with an unexpectedly teasing glint in his eyes . |
| 5 | I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . |
| 6 | He would fast frequently , only take one meal a day , and would rise at one or two o'clock in the morning to pray . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ They wake people up at one or two o'clock in the morning with their laughing and shouting . ’ |
| 8 | The apprentices er did n't start before six o'clock in the morning of course they could n't start apprentice before six o'clock in the morning until he was maybe in his last year then it would be either one o'clock or two o'clock in the morning . |
| 9 | They began with Haydn 's Cello Concerto , which was a pleasant surprise for me as I had heard the piece only a week or two before at a concert of Mozart and Haydn 's music featuring Camerata and had liked the piece very much . |
| 10 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 11 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |