Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 32 | The idea of light coming only in packets , called quanta , had been introduced a few years earlier by the German physicist Max Planck . |
| 33 | He had been arrested a few hours after a friendly between Rangers and Cowdenbeath and appeared in police records under his full title James Curran Baxter . |
| 34 | ‘ Their deaths shall be avenged a thousand times ! ’ |
| 35 | Brown and his team should be given a few days ’ extension to accomplish that . |
| 36 | This information is relevant to plans for local advertising , leaflet distribution , and for determining the potential for opening another branch to be sited a few kilometres away . |
| 37 | Most potholes can only be seen a few yards ahead , and cars swerving without warning hardly contribute to road safety . |
| 38 | Haberdashers and provision merchants were to be granted a few houses . |
| 39 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 40 | She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ . |
| 41 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 42 | Does the Great Tower seem to be shifted a few yards ? |
| 43 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
| 44 | Lot number thirty five Lot number thirty five there we are , there it is showing , Lot number thirty five , eighty pounds for this one , at eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , one hundred is offered I 'm offered a hundred pounds and selling for one hundred , all done ? |
| 45 | In other time management systems this sort of thing would be called a key results area , erm , you know , it , it 's that kind of thing . |
| 46 | The parasites will be blasted a hundred times for the indignities they have inflicted on us ! ’ |
| 47 | He reminded us of our debt to those whose labour supported our studies and I recalled this many years later when , passing through Harvard , I read the inscription commemorating the foundation of its college in order that future generations might be spared an unlettered clergy . |
| 48 | You will be asked a few questions about your state of health and a drop of blood will be taken from your finger to make sure that you are not anaemic . |
| 49 | ‘ However , that depends how the Irish Hockey Union view the situation and I expect to be asked a few questions . |
| 50 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |
| 51 | New account holders will receive their opening pack immediately , to be followed a few days later by their Route Seventeen Card . |
| 52 | Her twice-weekly parliamentary Question Times , where she would be thrown a few soft-balls by her own side , enabled her to shine at the dispatch box . |
| 53 | Rain water is ideal , tap water needs to be left a few days to mature before stocking . |
| 54 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 55 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
| 56 | A tale , which could and probably will be repeated a thousand times , of the fate of a work of art shaken loose from its context by the tempest of World War II |
| 57 | But in many cases of recording factual information , opinions , attitudes and even physical characteristics ( such as domestic facilities within a house ) , work done by the schedule designer before the questions are asked , or the observations made , can be repaid a dozen times over by the ease with which subsequent analysis can then be carried out . |
| 58 | She is opinionated , and can confidently predict that William Burroughs , whose books have me aching with boredom , will be read a hundred years from now . |
| 59 | The hay had been cut a few days before and dried in the sun and Frederick made light work of heaving it up to Albert on the cart . |
| 60 | I have been asked a thousand times for the deep cultural explanation of all sorts of profound differences between ‘ us and them ’ in the last few months . |