Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 2 | But seconds later both the England striker and his team recovered their self respect when he netted a Samways cross — although it finally went down as an own goal by Higgins . |
| 3 | It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ? |
| 4 | Sniff , run down with a little milk for them . ’ |
| 5 | Yoma 's former husband Ibrahim al Ibrahim , appointed by Menem as Chief of Customs at Buenos Aires international airport , along with a former government official , Mario Caserta , had also been accused of drug laundering in the same report . |
| 6 | Earlier this year , a Texas court ordered Coopers , along with a former Miniscribe chairman and the company 's investment bank , to pay almost $600m in compensation and punitive damages to Miniscribe 's bondholders ( see ACCOUNTANCY , March , p 16 ) . |
| 7 | Give me a six foot tank and I 'm more likely to put a shoal of small 25mm Tetras into it , along with a few Dwarf Cichlids and Corydoras , than use it for one or two larger fish . |
| 8 | ‘ Everyone falls in love with the Masai , you know , ’ she says as we , the elderly general and the attentive subaltern , along with a few askaris , attend the old lady at her departure . |
| 9 | I had er put a promotion together with a few travel agents in Scotland where I gave out holiday spending money . |
| 10 | He once wrote : ‘ I am not fond of writing about myself and only to a less degree about my work . ’ |
| 11 | Davies , once described fondly by a former captain of Wasps , Alan Black , as the clown prince of rugby , said enigmatically afterwards that every dog had his day . |
| 12 | Chemical shifts are generally of a few eV or less , and overlap of lines due to different elements is unlikely , as each element contributes at most a few lines in the range 50–1200 eV , while the instrumental linewidth is of the order of 2 eV . |
| 13 | Old Fishfinger is a regular visitor to the PFK offices , from which he occasionally manages to sneak away with a few reader 's queries . |
| 14 | In the Auvergne , the major agriculture/conservation conflict is clearly in the plains , especially the extensive limagne north of Clermont , where intensive cereal and crop production has taken over from a former bocage ( hedge and pasture ) landscape . |
| 15 | This often happens , for example , when a research assistant pulls information off for a less computer literate academic . |
| 16 | The Brackley blooms are brought out early with a little help from 400 watt lamps sunning them from January onwards . |
| 17 | Aside from a few event movies , most people see their films on television now . |
| 18 | Most parents manage to raise their children successfully with a little help and advice from friends and family and occasionally relevant professionals . |
| 19 | Position on with a little water . |
| 20 | The next day , place the black fondant tiles all over the roof , in neat overlapping rows , securing them on with a little water or royal icing . |
| 21 | Position this on the drum , fixing on with a little water . |
| 22 | Cut out a small black rectangle to form the ‘ Jolly Roger ’ and , using a little white fondant , cut out a skull and crossbones and stick on with a little water . |
| 23 | Now might be the time to follow it up with a few troop directions in fluent French . |
| 24 | The next day , brush the top of the cake slightly with a little water . |
| 25 | Luckily I managed to warm up on a few business trips ! |
| 26 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 27 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 28 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 29 | Press each pleat to the heading behind with a few hand stitches and also at the base of the stiffening , to hold in position ( fig. 44 ) . |
| 30 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |