Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | see if it 's a vent or summat or a piece of plastic . |
| 2 | or one and a quarter or one and a half or whatever |
| 3 | or one and a quarter or one and a half or whatever |
| 4 | when its like that it tries and pulls you down , and this is why there was an accident with a Wessex or something or a Sea King a while ago , where three or four people died , cos it just did n't get enough height and as , as it got to the top it just pulled it straight down to the ground , it could n't , it did n't have enough height to clear the circle |
| 5 | Yeah , a couple for each and a , and a , and a chocolate biscuit or something and a drink of milk . |
| 6 | Weapon is given a wide definition under section 2 of the Canadian Criminal Code and includes ‘ anything that is designed to be used as a weapon or anything that a person uses or intends to use as a weapon , whether or not it is designed to be used as a weapon . ’ |
| 7 | The girl in the chapter was under-age , but the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable . |
| 8 | It 's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline would n't cure . |
| 9 | They were advised in 1743 : You can not expect to marry in such a manner as neither of you shall have occasion to work , and none but a fool will take a wife whose bread must be earned solely by his labour and who will contribute nothing towards it herself . |
| 10 | It is a tough uncompromising business , and one where a man like White seems curiously out of place . |
| 11 | The pamphlet could be seen as nought but a placebo for people whose intelligence is being seriously under-rated . |
| 12 | In Part 2 a reward was defined as anything that a child will change behaviour to have . |