Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 2 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 3 | One of two possible methods is to divide off one end of the tank using a clear divider and install the new fish into the smaller section , after a few days when the other occupants of the tank have accepted the newcomer then remove the divider and let all of the fish mix . |
| 4 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 5 | I am pleased to be able to confirm that the setting up of Council Tax liabilities for individual properties is now complete within the computer software , with the exception of a few properties where the rebate entitlement has still not to be finally resolved . |
| 6 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 7 | She was stationed now on the male floor and visited him frequently — sometimes in the line of duty , sometimes for a few minutes when her work was finished , often — as now , when she should have been elsewhere — for an illicit cigarette . |
| 8 | And then they 'd have a big auction for a few pounds where Dad used to do the auctioning and since he was a sergeant major one could hear his voice . |
| 9 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 10 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 11 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 12 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 13 | Yeah but I agree totally with what , and the other lady has just said , but the other thing is is the amount of money that is spent when , you know , someone royal is coming for a visit because all of a sudden , you know , you have people in this country who are living in absolute poverty and yet because the royal sort of erm limousine is going past erm , for a few seconds where they stay all of a sudden the front of the house is painted ! |
| 14 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 15 | ‘ I always pop into the Prince of Wales for a few bevvies when I leave here , so does Fred . |
| 16 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 17 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 18 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
| 19 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
| 20 | Heseltine was able to announce that he already had assurances of support from a hundred MPs when he formally declared his intention to contest the leadership . |
| 21 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 22 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 23 | Her face cracked in a thousand lines when she smiled . |
| 24 | There will be definitional and ultimately theoretical problems in a few cases where land-use decisions are shared in a complex manner between a small group like a household , and a larger community . |
| 25 | In a few cases where a horn has been removed this can be proved by stating so or by an admission on the part of the defendant . |
| 26 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 27 | Between 1974 and 1979 I had become concerned with the number of investigations conducted in a few States where , despite representations from properly appointed accredited representatives , the findings in the final reports were clearly less than satisfactory . |
| 28 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 29 | Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again . |
| 30 | Rather , indicate in a few words how the rest of your answer would proceed if you had time . |