Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments the professor himself appears from a doorway . |
| 2 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 5 | artwork one and a half times the size which it will be reproduced . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Equally , half a dozen times a day she felt again his hand on her , and she burned . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |