Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the good ones might remain for only a matter of months . |
| 2 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 3 | Still searching for perfection , she has no plans to retire for quite a while yet , when will she quit ? |
| 4 | The band plays for quite a bit . |
| 5 | PC superstores account for nearly a quarter of the total market in the US , and they 're beginning to make inroads into the UK market as well with the likes of PC World and the Business Superstore . |
| 6 | Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in New York . |
| 7 | New York , New York : Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in the city |
| 8 | Specific grants have increased in importance since 1974 and now account for approximately a quarter of current grants ( excluding the housing benefit scheme ) from central government to local authorities . |
| 9 | Altogether , these groups account for about a quarter of all sales by Japanese firms . |
| 10 | American and European paintings , prints and sculptures , account for only a fraction of the museum 's 100,000 objects which range from American Indian material , African art , and musical instruments , to Nabataen sculpture from Jordan , Egyptian and classical antiquities , Asian art , costumes , and 300 American , English and Continental portrait miniatures . |
| 11 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 12 | Cheshire is actually sold when it is one to two months old , but it can be matured for over a year . |
| 13 | She heard the question and did n't answer for quite a while , just looked at me . |
| 14 | I think I think it is a good idea though to erm oh right er to y'know kind of break it up a bit er particularly if at an early stage you 're intending to y'know kind of go through erm and get people to go through quite a lot of questions erm as a by way of er y'know kind of the first stages in in er developing this thing . |
| 15 | As Ascension Day is always on a weekday , the passers-by on their way to work are able to enjoy the singing which , as the church itself is on very high ground , can be heard for quite a distance . |
| 16 | After walking for approximately a quarter of a mile he stopped outside a small detached cottage on his left . |
| 17 | I carry on walking for quite a bit . |
| 18 | She just wanted to collapse on to the bed she had spotted in the corner and sleep for about a week . |
| 19 | You could then include a breeding pond ( occupied for only a fortnight or so each year ) . |
| 20 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's very thick with the new master , Humphrey Morris , which counts for quite a lot , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 22 | In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil . |
| 23 | He hummed and hawed for quite a while about it , but in the end I asked him if you were getting any visitors , and if not , I said , must n't you be feeling pretty lonely , and that did it . |
| 24 | Yet I tried and tried for over a week thinking I ought to for his sake . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , in his final years before retirement , Pepler contributed to procedures , bringing his experience to bear for over a quarter of a century on government departments and officials in them , and between local and central government . |
| 26 | However , the simplest method to overcome this potential problem is to fill the pool once with clear water and allow it to stand for about a week . |
| 27 | Bramble was forty-five and had not been thus addressed for almost a quarter of a century . |
| 28 | Looks like just a test strip . |
| 29 | While the latter seems the most likely cause in many blends where specific interactions have been identified , miscible blends can also be obtained when certain statistical copolymers are mixed with either a homopolymer , or another copolymer , in which no such interactions have been located . |
| 30 | A complete feeling of misery swept over Robyn , mixed with just a hint of panic , as she really began to despair that she had read her own instructions correctly and would never reach the barn or even civilisation again . |