Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 2 | Leave on for about an hour , then shampoo thoroughly . |
| 3 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 4 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
| 5 | The good thing about it was , it was only on for about an hour . |
| 6 | Just leave it on basically for about an hour as long as you 're having a conversation |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity . |
| 9 | After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure . |
| 10 | You do n't say ? wrecking one cherished wish after another , until she was reduced to longing desperately for just an end to the regular death of the street-corner parting , the fear and loneliness of the long walk home . |
| 11 | Well , not at the time 'e did n't , nor 'is best man , not for nearly an hour . |
| 12 | When we came to it , the militia had been there already for about an hour . |
| 13 | Some LEAs employ teachers to visit families with a pre-school child before they start school , usually for about an hour a week , to play with the child and involve the parents in finding out more about the child 's development and needs . |
| 14 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 15 | ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’ |
| 16 | If you 're planning a trip to TECHNIQUEST be sure to put aside at least an hour and a half . |
| 17 | Although I am convinced that the prime management problem is ‘ making it happen ’ , one has to accept that in life there is always at least an evens chance that one is going the wrong way . |
| 18 | They do it a half hour later or an hour later and if that holds , erm I think they usually , you know , it 's always at least an hour |
| 19 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 20 | The next day , the villagers found Babushka dead in the straw , curled up with only an ox and an ass to watch over her . |
| 21 | The purchaser will have conducted its own investigation of the vendor 's business in the negotiations which lead up to either an agreement in principle or a more formal acknowledgement of agreement by the use of heads of terms ( see Chapter 1 , page 9 ) . |
| 22 | It adds up to quite an incentive for the ‘ King of the Park ’ Kenny McKinstry who will be bidding for an unprecedented sixth victory this year , and a second in a row in his Kaliber Subaru Legacy . |
| 23 | Thankfully , he had gone out for about an hour . |
| 24 | I stuck it out for about an hour , and then could not stand another minute . |
| 25 | " Intense gunfire " broke out for about an hour near the government palace in central Algiers soon after the decree was announced , Agence France-Presse reported . |
| 26 | He goes out for about an hour on a Saturday if I , if he 's forced out I said , out oh get out please yeah they 're not the ideal things that they should be wearing , but , like because the |
| 27 | ‘ I was walking back for over an hour through deserted streets . |
| 28 | The charging light will go out after approximately an hour , when charging is complete . |
| 29 | Out of nowhere an amplifier , a Fender amplifier to be more precise , whistles pasts them and smashes into the concrete concourse in front of the hotel . |
| 30 | back in about an hour and a half 's time so erm that 's good timing actually . |