Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 2 | From this month on , junkies need make only a telephone call to exchange their used , possibly-AIDS bearing , needles for new clean ones , delivered free of charge . |
| 3 | ‘ Shush , Mamma , ’ Rosa had said , and then Sabina had come in again with the bird — it would make only a bite to eat . |
| 4 | Schemes for the unemployed , such as community work , might be helpful for those involved but would cover only a fraction of the three million people out of work , he said . |
| 5 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 6 | It must remain entirely a matter for the discretion of the prosecuting authorities as to whether they are in a position to and are prepared to give an assurance . |
| 7 | ACTORS will abseil down a quarry as part of an unusual open-air performance of Shakespeare 's Macbeth this summer . |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
| 9 | Their frustration that they would always remain only a mummy could be challenged . |
| 10 | The regulations will sometimes affect only a manufacturer ( e.g. where they govern design or composition ) . |
| 11 | Planes of soap solution have the property that only three can intersect along an edge at an angle between them of 120° . |
| 12 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 13 | Do you , do you wish to , hang on a minute Hughie . |
| 14 | Er can you hang on a minute Simon ? |
| 15 | Er can you hang on a minute ? |
| 16 | Can you hang on a minute ? |
| 17 | Can you hang on a minute , Bedge ? |
| 18 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 19 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 20 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 21 | The Committee can consider only a fraction of the instruments laid before Parliament . |
| 22 | and that obviously they would be tend to be other children with mother 's there so they would need perhaps a play facility there and other children who goes to the E N T clinic can go to the not just go to the outpatients casualty |
| 23 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 24 | You will need only a smear of oil for the face ; if you drench the skin , oil is liable to seep into your partners eyes . |
| 25 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |
| 26 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 27 | The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures do n't cause many casualties ! |
| 28 | A reward 's now on offer for anyone who can help police track down a man who mugged a 64 year old woman paying respects in Banbury cemetery . |
| 29 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |
| 30 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |