Example sentences of "much [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not much more than a century later the king 's successor made his submission to the British after the punitive raid on Benin City . |
| 2 | Joan was recalling the day , not much more than a year ago , when she had found herself alone in a locked room with the innkeeper . |
| 3 | While at the Royal Academy of Music she had lived there but that , though not much more than a year ago , now seemed infinitely distant . |
| 4 | It was hard to believe that Katharine had n't done much more than a shoulder-in only an hour earlier ! |
| 5 | Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation . |