Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travis allowed them only a half-hour rest before moving off again . |
| 2 | I only a survey thing , and I 'm supposed to have done about twenty tapes by tonight and I 've done seven ! |
| 3 | I am an electronics engineer by training and enjoy the purity of mathematics as a hobby , alongside woodturning and anything practical and creative . |
| 4 | No I never A wife swop ? |
| 5 | Olga took a room for me just a mile north of Park Terrace — but in another world , the world of rooming houses . |
| 6 | The work is based on a highly successful biology textbook for first examinations , for which only a braille transcription exists . |
| 7 | Whereas the original promotional scheme used by Better Shoe Ltd cost eight times more money and reached at its best a response rate of 11% , the public relations scheme using health visitors and tailored to an understanding of mothers " needs , achieved a response rate of 17.3% on the first test and 21% on the second test — a significant accomplishment . |
| 8 | In return for the risk we undertake , which clearly a contingency fee basis gives rise to , I would expect KPMG Peat Marwick be appointed auditors to the Group and to any Newco , on the understanding that our fee will be consistent with market rates and with the audit fee which the target has borne . |
| 9 | MARK CROSSLEY dropped Nottingham Forest deeper into the relegation mire yesterday with an error which even a Sunday morning park footballer would find embarrassing . |
| 10 | Or or or the vice chairman could do it on alto clarinet and give somebody else a clarinet part to play . |
| 11 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you once a Goddess trim , |
| 13 | ‘ Do you do a lot of newspaper reading , or are you more a weekend reader ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Were you ever a Tiller girl with the new Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd ? |
| 15 | Was she really a college professor ? ’ |
| 16 | It was a night of further frustration for Villa boss Atkinson , whose team saw a 13-match unbeaten run brought to a halt by Norwich , and who now a testing replay at Portman Road on December 15 . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you really a film star ? ’ |
| 18 | Are you now a house owner ? |
| 19 | were you never a Girl Guide ? |
| 20 | Duncan gave them both a farewell smile and left . |
| 21 | I bought them both a denim shirt . |
| 22 | Is there somewhere an MOD store , perhaps underground at Box Hill , a long wooden building smelling of oil and blankets , with row upon row of heads , snipers for the use of , gathering dust while the rosy , hand tinted complexions fade to chalk and grey plaster ? |
| 23 | Is there still a district nurse as such ? |
| 24 | Is there still a district nurse as such ? |
| 25 | Is there actually a definition difficulty ? |
| 26 | Lady Selvedge was a tall , pale-faced woman , with a camel-like caste to her features-perhaps a Hapsburg lip if one took a more kindly view . |
| 27 | Is it only a paper tiger , or does it really have teeth ? |
| 28 | Then one day , out of the blue there was a miracle — or was it perhaps a fairy tale ? |
| 29 | But does the description reflect high-quality ingredients or is it merely a marketing tag ? |
| 30 | For whatever reason , you decided to resume your relationship with Jones — or was it just a weekend fling for old times ’ sake ? |