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Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] an " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’
2	I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy .
3	Sister Monica stayed with them for half an hour .
4	" To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . "
5	It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything .
6	And I fail to see why someone with such an inventive , lively mind as yours can be so dog-in-the-manger about updating things in the office .
7	This , however , is not at all uncommon when regressing someone to such an early age , for babies do not have an awareness of time in the same way that adults do .
8	Yet the accounts of the explorers Armand and Michaela Menise , who travelled the land but a season earlier , say nothing of such an edifice .
9	A waitress told me of such an incident when she heard a rumour that her hotel management had appointed private detectives with the power to search staff homes — a not uncommon fear among hotel workers and one paralleling similar periodic fears in other occupations of this type .
10	Which within half an hour they will not be , for I have them packaged and ready to be delivered into your hands to do with as you shall see fit .
11	Mr Ceausescu had encased himself in such an impeneterable fortress that Gorbachev spared the Romanian leader from the warning he was to deliver later to Erich Honecker , that ageing leaders who failed to reform in time would pay dearly .
12	Montrose , however , finding himself in such an impasse , and with the prospect of recurring battles before him , for the collector held office for only a single year before having to seek re-election , had his own solution to the difficulties which the office entailed for such as himself .
13	‘ In my view the only candidate before you for such an act is Harper in lighting a tuft of hay .
14	" I 'm grateful to you for such an accurate statement of my beliefs . "
15	Insurance is available quite cheaply which would safeguard you in such an event .
16	See you in half an hour , then ? ’
17	See you in half an hour . ’
18	I 'll meet you in half an hour . ’
19	I 'll see you in half an hour at the end of the session . "
20	‘ I 'll see you in half an hour .
21	I 'll see you in half an hour , then , ’ Travis said , and left .
22	And they either say go and read the paper mum , I 'll call you in half an hour .
23	I 'll talk to you in half an hours time .
24	That 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic again for you in half an hour 's time radio Nottingham F M one O three point eight and ninety five point five Nottinghamshire 's favourite station with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon .
25	Once you have become used to the exercise you will find that it helps you on many an occasion when you feel tension mounting within you .
26	‘ You should be furious that I ran out on you at such an important time . ’
27	No one with half an eye on current trends is mentioning that his main claim to fame used to be as Susan Sarandon 's toy boy .
28	Scott J pointed out that an implied obligation may involve different considerations from an express one in that an implied obligation will be unlimited in time .
29	They have killed a man now and they 'll kill another one in half an hour .
30	Shocked , she stared disbelievingly at the receding back of Doctor Anderson , and wondered what had been contained in the message that had made a member of the staff drop everything in such an unprofessional way .