Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron raked on for half an hour , making loose heaps up the middle of the field . |
| 2 | The thing went on for half an hour at least . |
| 3 | If the Government want to fetch every one of those issues to the Floor of the House , I am quite prepared to do exactly the same , and every day we shall have points of order that go on for half an hour — |
| 4 | The conversation carried on for half an hour and then they parted company as she went to work and he went off to his job . |
| 5 | Olwen has hers on for half an hour of a morning , Joe puts it on at half eight and dead on nine o'clock that immersion 's turned off . |
| 6 | But you 've got ta have it on for half an hour have n't we Scott ? |
| 7 | The Golden Girls on for half an hour . |
| 8 | Gentlemen , it occurs to us that you 're going , we 're going to be waffling on for half an hour plus , in a sense . |
| 9 | Only through such an accidental , miraculous chance could anyone expect to shake off the yoke of grimly limited prospects . |
| 10 | If it is accepted , as I believe it should be accepted , that certiorari goes not only for such an excess or abuse of power but also for a breach of the rules of natural justice there is even less reason in principle for excluding other established grounds . |
| 11 | Only for half an hour . ’ |
| 12 | It was a quiet time and I would sit these fellows down for half an hour and take them through what they were doing . |
| 13 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 14 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 15 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
| 16 | Why do n't you go and lie down for half an hour ? |
| 17 | I know what I need , to put my head down for half an hour this afternoon I wo n't be fit for nothing the night . |
| 18 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
| 19 | There was a mini-rebellion about that just after the Police Strike and then they allowed policemen to go in for half an hour 's and eat breakfast . |
| 20 | We talked quietly together for half an hour but there was no point of contact . |
| 21 | The Brighton Constabulary , whose marksmen had taken up positions from which they could command the Grand Hotel , was stood down after half an hour . |
| 22 | And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority . |
| 23 | It swiftly became apparent that congress would not go along with such an increase , especially after the big Democratic gains in the 1974 elections . |
| 24 | Movies , particularly comedies , are now put together with half an eye on the potential for a spin-off TV series . |
| 25 | William was a small farmer occupying a messuage and yardland as a copyholder in inheritance , together with half an acre of meadow and another piece of the ‘ Farme Landes ’ of unstated dimensions , as a tenant at will , for a total rent of 11s . |
| 26 | I fetch them all in , stick them on clothes horse , they 're all round fire while I 'm on lollipop and then nip to shop and when I come in within half an hour they were bone dry . |
| 27 | But it is impossible to accept that he acted alone in such an amateurish manner . |
| 28 | He seemed genuinely concerned that Harriet lived all alone in such an isolated spot . |
| 29 | This raid , on Guernsey in the Channel Islands , by some 100 men from 3 Commando and No. 11 Independent Company ( sometimes referred to as No. 11 Commando ) was well rehearsed , and after last-minute changes of plan , literally within half an hour of setting out , the raiders boarded two destroyers to transfer to motorboats refuelled from the parent ships they accompanied . |
| 30 | with the lights fading , it 's gon na be five o'clock in half an hour 's time , feed the dogs just before five and then see you you see . |