Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] a [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 2 | He claimed British Steel and ICI were refusing to hand over analytical information on their emissions to solicitors acting for 28 local , asthmatic families a refusal he claimed was ‘ a scandal ’ . |
| 3 | For the angler who only makes a few sorties a year it makes sense to buy hooks in smaller units like packets of ten . |
| 4 | Enthusiastic supporters claimed that the movement gave to ‘ the Free Churches a unity they have never had before ’ although this same observer recognized that it was ‘ the Establishment that lies at the foundation of our contention ’ . |
| 5 | And they used to take about six loads a day you see . |
| 6 | The busy physician points out that he makes many more night visits than the six calls a week he puts in a £270 claim for . |
| 7 | But the makers of the Jolly Roger ales believe they can find customers for the 100 barrels a week they soon hope to produce . |
| 8 | And erm so really three times a day I had to er make tea . |
| 9 | And indeed , surfacing again at South Kensington , some atavistic instinct for the lie of the land took them directly to the street in which Louise had had an office , fifteen years or so ago , and where two or three times a year they had met for a meal . |
| 10 | Two or three times a year she exchanged the cushioned existence she had constructed for herself for something different but equally restful , like a prolonged stay at a good hotel in the country or a cruise on the QE2 . |
| 11 | Twice or three times a year he would be carried out to the automobile or the dog-cart , and be driven round the home farm . |
| 12 | For a man who found it difficult to write for more than three hours a day it was one way of passing time but , more importantly , as he explained in an address in 1951 , it was necessary for him to hold a job which other people considered useful ; he had so little confidence in his own work that he did not want to risk wasting all of his time upon it . |
| 13 | These 20 hours are on top of the average 35 hours a week he spends in his regular job . |
| 14 | ‘ About half a dozen times a year we find tarballs on that coast , which can come from right across the Atlantic , or passing ships could be to blame . ’ |
| 15 | A dozen times a day she pictured the woman with prematurely white hair who was now holding Angel to her breast , and she ached with longing to change places with her . |
| 16 | Equally , half a dozen times a day she felt again his hand on her , and she burned . |
| 17 | At the moment the only thing making me write this essay is the thought of me being able to vegetate in front of the box tomorrow night and also , if I push my self and write three lines a minute I will be able to go to bed early and ease the strain and trauma of getting up in the morning and trudging off to another dreary day in school . |
| 18 | The amiable Cube boys — Chris , Pat and Mark — have continually promoted a wide variety of up and coming acts in a friendly setting and with three bands a night you can usually find something to make your ears prick up . |
| 19 | The amiable Cube boys — Chris , Pat and Mark — have continually promoted a wide variety of up and coming acts in a friendly setting and with three bands a night you can usually find something to make your ears prick up . |
| 20 | On three days a week we start off with a a staff meeting at 2.30 . |
| 21 | Well look at a miner I mean if he worked three days a week he might only get thirty shillings , in tho very very very seldom worked a full week . |
| 22 | I 'm thinking of either three pounds a ticket you 're getting close to the price of a special chauffeur . |
| 23 | But if you erm went to an ordinary general case it was three pounds a week you got sal er for your er salary . |
| 24 | Readers will appreciate that even if a combination of Sgt Bilko and the Roux Brothers was running the Cookhouse , with only £1.43 to feed an adult with three meals a day it is not possible to challenge the Savoy Grill . |
| 25 | Nothing threatens the chances of Alton Bass finishing in touch with the top of Hampshire League division one more than a punishing programme of three matches a week they need to complete in order to catch up on their fixture backing . |
| 26 | For three mornings a week she went to a playgroup run by a friend who was a trained Froebel teacher . |
| 27 | I was filming Neighbours five days a week and then two or three nights a week we were gigging . ’ |
| 28 | If they work between eight and sixteen hours a week they need five years ' continuous employment before they qualify for payment , while those who work less than eight hours a week have no entitlement to redundancy payments . |
| 29 | want you know the the key thing is to discover what how much work a week you know how many hours a week they think it 's going to take now that 's |
| 30 | As soon as Maastricht comes into force , the commission and Belgium , which takes on the EC presidency next month , intend to work however many hours a week it takes to push through the works-council directive . |