Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't seen these look just a minute , please . |
| 2 | These occur twice a day and may not , under rules drawn up by the journalists themselves , be mentioned in print . |
| 3 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 4 | So we do , ten take away a plus nine , that 's just take away nine . |
| 5 | So you 're okay with that , ten take away A minus , ten take away A add B will be ten take away A and then take away B. But if we do ten take away like we 've been doing here , A minus B and it comes out the same as this , it 'll be ten take away plus A , just take away A , and then take away minus B. Well taking away a minus B is the same as adding B. Erm do you remember the table ? |
| 6 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 7 | The latter deal primarily in a currency of meaning while the former have still a conflict concerning the appropriate register for the target language . |
| 8 | If necessary put together a group of people who you know will be sceptical and try the presentation out on them first . |
| 9 | You two think quietly a minute |
| 10 | A third take away a quarter . |
| 11 | Well any suggestion if you 'd like to write it down one third take away a quarter . |
| 12 | Like a third take away a quarter how did you do it ? |
| 13 | And I 'd like you to both spend quite a bit of time just playing with the numbers that make up three sixty . |