Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 2 | Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ? |
| 3 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 4 | To celebrate this , OUP has found 1,000 new phrasal verbs from somewhere for the latter publication to take the tally to 11,000 entries . |
| 5 | Placing her thumb in her mouth , she sucked on it furiously for a few seconds before settling down once more into a deep sleep . |
| 6 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 7 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 8 | The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it . |
| 9 | I 'm on on about the same subject . |
| 10 | He was quite capable of building a locomotive as I have a working steam model threshing engine , on about the same scale , that also came from the old office . ’ |
| 11 | But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect . |
| 12 | Pat said quickly , " Well , we can go to 45 But surely it is all right for a few minutes here . " |
| 13 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 14 | She 'll be all right for a few hours . |
| 15 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 16 | He chewed vigorously for a few seconds . |
| 17 | Later on during the same meeting I was attached to another working group whose task it was to revise the standard format of what was then called the ‘ Summary of the Report ’ . |
| 18 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 19 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 20 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 21 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 22 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 23 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 24 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 25 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 26 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |
| 27 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 28 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 29 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 30 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |