Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could ‘ ave tea at Ma 's , and then go up West in the evenin' fer a bit of all right . ’ |
| 2 | I need you to cover me fer a couple of hours at th'most . |
| 3 | All I 'm askin' is that you stall fer a couple of hours . |
| 4 | They 're already legends in their own village shop after a play of their single on Radio 1 , and judging by their quietly addictive sixth form pop tunes , the whole of Rutland could soon follow . |
| 5 | When Coleridge and the Wordsworths met together once more after a separation of several weeks , it was in the knowledge that the Alfoxden year would soon be over . |
| 6 | Therefore , because it is unlikely that there will ever be revised editions , and because I should just hate to see my name on anything that could not be relied on , the probability is that the books will progressively be withdrawn from publication after a currency of a few years . ’ |
| 7 | Cameron talked with Minerva , who was being magnanimously tolerant of her husband 's much-publicised affair with Nina Kenyon , and with Anne , who was well into the tertiary stage of her fourth marriage ( to Didier Bishopric , a society restaurateur ) and just back from the Betty Ford clinic after a spell of amphetamine dependency . |
| 8 | These impermeable rocks form landscapes with rivers that rise quickly , even flooding their banks after heavy rain , but diminish or even dry up after a spell of dry weather . |
| 9 | After a spell of social self-indulgence , I remembered CGAS and how it had helped me . |
| 10 | Very often the ‘ next picture ’ presents itself after a spell of working when I least expect it . |
| 11 | After a spell of squadron service the aircraft was transferred to the Air Force Academy . |
| 12 | After a spell of militant anti-communism as America 's ambassador at the UN , he was , by the end of the 1970s , prophesying that the danger from the Soviet Union would come not from its expansion but from its disintegration . |
| 13 | Distinctions were soon lost , and after a spell of being known as Alba the country became once and for all Scotland , though some of its boundaries were still in a state of flux . |
| 14 | In his book on Maxwell , Joe Haines describes how Maxwell 's normally imperturbable secretary burst into tears after a spell of work when he had been even more demanding than usual . |
| 15 | After a spell of this , during which he gave no hint of moving , Rain decided to escape . |
| 16 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 17 | In Scandinavia , with their mixed economies , money is always available , after a bit of persuasion , from both local and central government . |
| 18 | His back was cured within a couple of weeks — not , it turns out , as a result of the acupuncture but after a bit of dancing while on holiday . |
| 19 | And then , after a bit of Christ-this-is-so-delicious-it-seems-a-shame-to-go-on-about-it-but-I-feel-it-is-my-duty acting , he went on , ‘ So chewy . |
| 20 | After a bit of practice , ‘ accentuating the positive ’ will seem less contrived |
| 21 | After a bit of Beadle , it 's time for the World 's Greatest Juggle-in . |
| 22 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |
| 23 | And when I found out after a bit of dressing-room chat what the other lads were on I had to make a point . |
| 24 | There have been artists , generally of the smacked-out bedsitter blues variety , who lost their tragic muse after a bit of success . |
| 25 | He could n't think why it had n't occurred to him earlier , as he marched briskly ( after a bit of trouble with the door latch ) out of the pub . |
| 26 | He would hand over the old man 's baccy for the week and a few sweeties then , after a bit of chat , he was away . ’ |
| 27 | And after a bit of exploring and prodding man and wo-man got it right . |
| 28 | After a bit of clowning around , Frank drops his bucket twenty floors and the two fall out of the cradle , with Ware holding on to it and Crawford below him , gripping his ankles , as they dangle perilously in mid-air . |
| 29 | I found Malpass 's pistol and torch behind the table and after a bit of contortion I managed to stuff them into my jacket pockets . |
| 30 | I was very very pleased to see that a lot of you have tried to do your join up handwriting after a bit of practice we 'd had and it had come out really really nicely , well done . |