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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Their frustration that they would always remain only a mummy could be challenged . |
| 7 | The regulations will sometimes affect only a manufacturer ( e.g. where they govern design or composition ) . |
| 8 | The Committee can consider only a fraction of the instruments laid before Parliament . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |
| 12 | In most cases the answer will include only a fraction of the total . |
| 13 | We did win away a couple of times ( one was a 4–1 win at the high flying aston villa ! ) . |
| 14 | These mouldings are pre-assembled with self-adhesive backing and are easily fitted — you 'll need just a tape measure and a pencil , and you can do the job in an hour ! |
| 15 | If death could steal away a daughter , why not a son as well ? |
| 16 | ‘ Can we wait just a minute ? ’ |
| 17 | They 're gon na interrupt our lunch break again alright Emma will you wait just a second I 'll come with you , I 'll just and get my money ? |
| 18 | Please remember that you can only appeal once a year . |
| 19 | Not all the attitudes which precede a review will survive once a management plan has been put into action . |
| 20 | Er I think in an age of such individualism er the whole natu nature and possibility of common confession of faith becomes difficult er and I 'd simply ask that , if it 's going to go ahead and consider possibly a confession of faith , that the panel er might give consideration to the difficulties gen gen generally involved in er the , the question of common confession of faith today . |
| 21 | It will include both a text to accompany future training courses , and a self-tutorial . |
| 22 | And I think if you 're going to open it up , you must consider probably a wicker gate or something s so that a child can not run onto Road . |
| 23 | I would need about a quarter of the boxes , but I ca n't be sure where he is going to land . |
| 24 | According to the convention , Barker himself does n't include even a postcard to Wright in his own posthumous collection , Street Ballads ( Faber , £4.99 ) , addressing instead the shades of Yeats , Kavanagh , Tennyson , Shakespeare and Catullus . |
| 25 | Well , if you will please wait here a moment I wo n't keep you very long . ’ |
| 26 | For the next few days Shelley did n't catch even a glimpse of her chief . |
| 27 | The kings shook their heads sadly saying that they could not wait even a moment longer . |
| 28 | If you have used one of these , you will already know quite a bit about video recording from handling video cassettes , and knowing what all the tape control buttons are for . |
| 29 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 30 | Well if you if you could n't read it yeah you can get someone to help you but if you ca n't u usually see you know quite a lot of words . |