Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm then it goes on about quite a bit of this Erm perception and decoding of the speech style er talking about er Martin and Giles . |
| 2 | IT really annoyed me to see leaders of the public service unions on TV going on about how a pay freeze would be unacceptable to their members . |
| 3 | She 's not Jewish but she erm was going on about how a lot of Channing people had started going and stuff and they 're all JPs basically . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 5 | I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again . |
| 6 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 7 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 8 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 9 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 10 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 11 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 12 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 13 | But we kept this on for quite a number of years . |
| 14 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 15 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 16 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 17 | Leave on for about an hour , then shampoo thoroughly . |
| 18 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 19 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
| 20 | The good thing about it was , it was only on for about an hour . |
| 21 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 22 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 23 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 24 | If the music should go on past 10 o'clock for even a minute or two , Muriel is out and about . |
| 25 | Just leave it on basically for about an hour as long as you 're having a conversation |
| 26 | It 's not all good : you can never find a toothbrush in our house and you dare n't put your keys down for even an instance . |
| 27 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 28 | She wore a very sparkly large diamond engagement ring and had done so for about a year . |
| 29 | My friend , who has stayed at the cottage before , is going up 24th or so for about a week , so there will be her rent @ £7 per day and electricity @ 10p per unit ( to cover standing charges etc ) to come to you in due course . |
| 30 | Those who did receive schooling did so for perhaps a year or two , often much less , at some point in their childhood , with hardly any attending school beyond the age of ten or eleven . |