Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's shaken them up a bit , I expect . ’ |
| 2 | Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them . |
| 3 | HER REPLY on August 21 appears to have tipped him over a political brink . |
| 4 | It have fluffed it up a bit . |
| 5 | I 've enjoyed it quite a lot . |
| 6 | Bill had only parked it here a few minutes ago . |
| 7 | Well have you sorted yourself out a nice hand out |
| 8 | Her ‘ usual stuff ’ had built them both a fabulous reputation and in any case he was n't too sure how she would take such a phrase . |
| 9 | ‘ What happened was Chester Thompson brought them all down , because he had met me about a year prior to that and we just corresponded . |
| 10 | And if I 've hung his coats up once I 've hung up , I 've hung them up a hundred times , he 's got a coat hanger on the back of the coat hook on the back of the door |
| 11 | And she did n't really tell me , it was just that I guessed , I 'd seen them quite a few times , mooning about , and I asked her if she was going to marry him . |
| 12 | He said it 's you know it 's it 's it 's not easily done but he 's seen them quite a lot . |
| 13 | ‘ You would have seen them together a fair bit and it 's just so sad this should happen while they were on holiday . ’ |
| 14 | a week and he has n't phoned me once a year |
| 15 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 16 | Well you 've heard her on phone , she 's phoned you quite a few times . |
| 17 | Though the overall level may not have been as spectacular as it has in years past , the show has built itself quite a substantial following , and most dealers reported ‘ okay ’ business . |
| 18 | have made you up a bed in the spare room I |
| 19 | It was there , in lulls in the conversation , that he became a crossword addict and began to develop the concern for correct English , the wide vocabulary , the delight in the niceties of syntax , that have made him both a witty and a hard task master for generations of Bristol students . |
| 20 | And if Derry succeed , he will murmur a silent but heartfelt ‘ thank you ’ to Kevin Heffernan , the man who gave him a new outlook and sense of purpose in the sport which has made him both a local and national hero . |
| 21 | Years at an English public school , punctuated by all-too-brief holidays in Italy , had made him almost a stranger within his family . |
| 22 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 23 | Joe 's reply was curt and Mr Beecham looked at this young man who , when he had last seen him just a few months ago , had appeared to him to be a schoolboy , immature for his age : but sitting before him now was a young man with no sign of immaturity on his countenance , for he seemed to have aged overnight , as it were . |
| 24 | I 'd seen him around a few times . |
| 25 | Juliet felt quite pleased about this ; the girl was her own age , twenty , and , although she 'd seen her only a few times , she felt drawn to her cheerful , intelligent personality . |
| 26 | other guy , you know , he does it in garages , he 's done it quite a few times before on cars he 's had himself , so |
| 27 | He 's then moved it over a bit . |
| 28 | If we 'd seen it once a year that was often , |
| 29 | If she had made it just a few feet further she would have found safety in the homely atmosphere of the estate where she lives with her family . |
| 30 | SUMMERCHILD : Well , I 've noticed it quite a lot these past few months . |