Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Took about bloody half an hour to get it out the pan ! |
| 2 | out for me and erm , when he went in on Monday , erm it was the other one the lad that actually owns it , so I was in there for about bloody half an hour and we came home with some samples and one that I quite liked it was up on the wall and he said that is my best selling Axminster that I had , and it was like , it was maybe it was a bit too busy , it was , it was greyey and it was all different other colours in it , but it was a lot of flowers on it , it was n't a traditional Axminster you see Mike loves these traditional Axminsters and he does n't really , he wo n't really entertain anything else , erm , anyway I brought that sample home and what else ? |
| 3 | For example , the pH in the stomach of a great horned owl was 2.2 before a meal and increased to 2.4 half an hour after eating , with further increases to 2.7 two hours after the meal and 3.0 four hours afterwards . |
| 4 | but it annoys me that , why , you see , I 'm , I 'm asking for cover for technical half an hour in the morning |
| 5 | The crime of syphilis had made me ban sex from my mind for weeks ; now I was found not guilty half an hour with a textbook Conchis had given me to look at had convinced me his diagnosis was right — the libido rose strong . |
| 6 | She returned some half an hour later to find the Shill 's bedroom door open and Joseph gone . |
| 7 | Mrs had got home in her jeep with just chauffeur and one extra bodyguard , defying the pleas of the other wives , some half an hour after Kaptan and I had left with the Corporal , but she had n't been able to get the Colonel on the military net for nearly two hours after that . |
| 8 | ‘ I could have used some half an hour ago , in the sauce . |
| 9 | Having deliberately taken her time , Luce descended the stairs some half an hour later , looking flower-fresh , her wispy fringe brushed to one side , her hair curling loosely on to her shoulders . |
| 10 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 11 | He 'd returned some half an hour later to transport her down again . |
| 12 | The talk in the sea lasted for another half an hour . |
| 13 | ‘ Another half an hour before school starts again , ’ he observed . |
| 14 | " You wo n't see her for another half an hour . " |
| 15 | I think , if we went on for another half an hour or forty five minutes , we could clear virtually everything . |
| 16 | which added another half an hour to the journey |
| 17 | it 'll be ano well another half an hour it 'll be back on the road again |
| 18 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 19 | And I think it 's probably at least another half an hour difference down there |
| 20 | the hour had gone and we could of stayed probably another half an hour without realizing that the hour had come |
| 21 | Well it 's gon na be a long time off that yet , another half an hour |
| 22 | And then we got about another half an hour and we had another call . |
| 23 | I still thought she should be keener , however , so I knocked yet another half an ounce off her flying weight , until she was so eager that she set off towards me virtually the moment she saw me putting on the glove . |
| 24 | This concerned an application for planning permission to use premises in Eton High Street as a fish and chip restaurant . |
| 25 | What gives what persuasiveness it has to the probabilistic idea about causation is neither such an argument for it nor the earlier diagnosis of the appeal of the opposed view about necessitation . |
| 26 | What is much less likely to be recognized is the importance of considering the interrelationship between these various initiatives , and certainly there is no sign as yet that such an evaluation is to take place . |
| 27 | That such an interpretation , even though it deviates in important respects from Hume 's own intentions , is much less vulnerable to criticism , will be seen more clearly in the next chapter , when we analyse in greater depth the distinction between numerical and qualitative identity , and its ontological significance . |
| 28 | Whilst on a tour of US forces deployed in the Gulf , Dugan had told reporters that if war broke out then the US would bomb Baghdad and that such an attack would target Saddam Hussein in particular . |
| 29 | That such an attack could have been successfully executed — apparently taking the allied forces by surprise — was in itself an impressive achievement given the extent of allied air superiority . |
| 30 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |