Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] a [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 2 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 3 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 4 | It is to introduce as a theoretical solution a concept whose status has not been examined , and which , far from being a solution , is in reality a theoretical problem . |
| 5 | A dozen times a day she pictured the woman with prematurely white hair who was now holding Angel to her breast , and she ached with longing to change places with her . |
| 6 | Equally , half a dozen times a day she felt again his hand on her , and she burned . |
| 7 | ‘ About half a dozen times a year we find tarballs on that coast , which can come from right across the Atlantic , or passing ships could be to blame . ’ |
| 8 | Jennings asks : ‘ How can a man who was a fascist run an organisation which is supposed to be non-discriminatory ? ’ |
| 9 | Or is change from a religious perspective a process which is sui generis ? |
| 10 | The air ambulance is available to all ambulance services within flying time of the West Midlands , but it 's trial period of one year expires in May … and without a promise of half a million pounds a year it wo n't fly again . |
| 11 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 12 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 13 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 14 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |