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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I 've got ta try hand it on for over a year then I went to live again . |
| 4 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 7 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 8 | 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 ! ’ |
| 9 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | But we kept this on for quite a number of years . |
| 12 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 13 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 14 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If the music should go on past 10 o'clock for even a minute or two , Muriel is out and about . |
| 18 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 19 | She wore a very sparkly large diamond engagement ring and had done so for about a year . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But , er , so hopefully Michelle will get this next Tracey 's position , and obviously sort of in in the meantime and providing her position comes up they are bringing in a Telesales County Secretary , which was n't gon na come in for about a year cos they wanted to sort of like , trial it , but now they 've decided if that 's what they want the position to do erm it 'll probably happen in the next two months and they said for me to go for it from our division , so I said right , okay . |
| 23 | The first time you use your Steamatic in the bathroom you could be in for quite a surprise . |
| 24 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 25 | They have come in for quite a bit of stick , particularly when they 've been dealing with rape cases . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , those officials in the finance ministry and the Bank of Japan who still equate a strong yen with a strong economy may be in for quite a shock . |
| 27 | ‘ She 'll be in for quite a shock on her wedding night , poor little kid . ’ |
| 28 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 29 | That light came originally from the same source as Fenna 's fire , from the heart of the golden star , from the sun itself — but it was light crashing around space at speeds which defy relativity , rolling like waves , bouncing like particles , rebounding off the dead desert of the cold moon and hurled thence , down through nearly a quarter of a million miles , forced through the steadily slowly moving liquid molecules of solid glass which made the windows . |
| 30 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |