Example sentences of "[adv] an [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was far too quick-witted to complain and endured silently , but she managed to extract a promise of a new hat and a new dress from him , before getting up an hour later to tidy herself and prepare supper . |
| 2 | Jess could n't see except when the birds rose up an instant only to fall back , this time with Damocles mounted and digging in his spurs . |
| 3 | He set up an organisation there to try to help those who 'd been in the hands of the Moonies . |
| 4 | After all , the government itself has felt it necessary to set up an agency simply to find fathers who want to spend no time at all with their families . |
| 5 | There is now an option not to pay the office money element directly into the office account if the bill includes unpaid professional disbursements . |
| 6 | ‘ Most of them are 16-year-old Kiwis who have n't an idea how to pull a decent pint of Guinness . ’ |
| 7 | Er well , my appointment with him is quarter past eleven , but I 've got ta go at least an hour before to go and have a chest X-ray to whether it 's clear and |