Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I only used to a little bit of
2 Breathe as you normally would for a few minutes .
3 The advantage of having a text in computerised form is that you can find things in it very easily using computerised search techniques , and you can do more complicated searches than you ever could with a printed concordance .
4 In each of the referendum campaigns since his return ( September 1958 , January 1961 , April 1962 ) , the government had manipulated the outcome as much as it decently could in a democratic system .
5 The County Council 's view has always been , before you face that hurdle , let's agree or get the principle accepted and then we move as quickly as we possible er as we possibly can towards a preferred erm location .
6 The choice here may in a sense be one between knowing more and knowing less .
7 Well let's for a moment assume that he has no such intention , that no such idea has ever crossed his mind .
8 If the Romanists did not destroy Ulster by forcing its people into a united papist Ireland , then God surely would as a punishment for departing from his standards .
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