Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 2 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember exactly who lived on the right hand side , I 've forgotten but th I know the Chief Clerk lived just a little way down , you see , er |
| 4 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 5 | He could see Lorrimer and Kerrison conferring together a little way apart , their backs turned , the two dark heads close together . |
| 6 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 7 | So court dominates St Aldate 's throughout the war , and I think therefore we should spend just a little time looking at the people involved , erm but not too much . |
| 8 | She could n't get her to walk even a little way from the house . |
| 9 | The fact that the committee was not merely an hierarchical instrument of management , but represented all departments and a range of statuses , was also felt to be an advantage : Very luckily we 've got quite a few Scale 1 younger teachers , people with new ideas , possibly … and it 's taken up , quite well … it 's quite respected now . |
| 10 | It requires only a little training and someone to lead it . |
| 11 | The authorities were glad to be able to recoup just a little money by renting this fine room to the Baptists for a week . |
| 12 | She complained to Tawny about her when they walked home a little way together . |
| 13 | Set aside a little time to make this cake , as it is quite time-consuming . |
| 14 | It needed only a few palm trees and sand to complete the conventional picture of a desert island . |
| 15 | Once a week set aside a little time to give your body a conditioning and moisturising treatment . |
| 16 | Shall I take quite a few egg sandwiches alright ? |
| 17 | I 'll take quite a few egg sandwiches . |
| 18 | And this filled the perverse daughter with a great desire to go even a little way into the wild wood , where there were no plates and no stitching , but might well be a need of such things as she knew she had it in herself to perform . |
| 19 | You can avoid accidents in and around you home be taking just a little time to check up on your surroundings . |
| 20 | The two sides may be called the Goths and the Greeks , and while the Goths won the war , the Greeks took quite a few battle honours . |
| 21 | So what I , what I 'll do , I 'm gon na transfer your your erm your there and then that 's gon na save just a few couple of bobs alright ? |
| 22 | Indeed , sickness , ill fortune or even old age could reduce even a former overseer to a needy situation . |
| 23 | At the moment , I do quite a few barn dances , mainly for wedding anniversaries . |
| 24 | Lucien leaned forward a little way . |
| 25 | If , like her , you have a sweet tooth , you might be better leaving just a little sugar in the diet to increase the likelihood that you will continue with the new sugar-reduced regime . |
| 26 | Because he wrote quite a few letter in Welsh and he would dictate them to er Margaret . |
| 27 | We have perhaps a little time . |
| 28 | Today most ports have only a few fishing boats but large fleets still work from three of the ports . |
| 29 | A flight crossing only a few time zones |
| 30 | Dennis was on his first visit there and signing the star-studded visitors ' book is enough to make even a former world champion feel a little over-awed . |