Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chester case was widely considered a test the government 's response to development pressures on open land surrounding other historic cities in Britain . |
| 2 | He turned angrily to remonstrate with Tommy , only to see a rat the size of a rabbit lying between his legs . |
| 3 | ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’ |
| 4 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 5 | It will be argued that the BBC will not necessarily show a game every Sunday . |
| 6 | If that does n't score highly enough to win a contest the next stage is to grapple on the ground until one player wins by holding down an opponent for 30 seconds . |
| 7 | So long as religious music and sophisticated secular music shared the common techniques of imitative polyphony they naturally preserved a relationship the closeness of which is demonstrated by the numerous paraphrase Masses based on madrigals or chansons . |
| 8 | The film was successful enough to inspire a sequel a year later , One More Time , directed , ironically , by Dean Martin 's one-time partner Jerry Lewis . |
| 9 | This breed can live to 14 years of age , so giving an adult a home should still promise a good few years of companionship . |
| 10 | What if they only pay a pound an hour , are only part-time , I only get twenty pounds a week ? |
| 11 | ‘ I can only wear an outfit a couple of times , so there 's no point spending a fortune , ’ she says . |
| 12 | This would be sufficient to provide 10 per cent of the country 's electricity needs — enough to power a city the size of Amsterdam . |
| 13 | The NFU has long urged a reform the CAP . |
| 14 | However , physical restraint is not a solution to accident prevention and , indeed , excessive over protection will only deny a child the opportunity to explore and learn about the environment . |
| 15 | Travel USA : You need a year to see California So if you only have a fortnight a plan is really essential , John Hiscock says |
| 16 | We 've found out a lot , that bats live for thirty years and only have one baby a year , and usually only have a baby every second year . |
| 17 | ‘ You only need a pound a head . |
| 18 | That glacial exterior only makes a man the more eager to find it . ’ |
| 19 | Suppose it lowers the prices it is prepared to pay ; this will mean a capital loss to the discount house if it has just given a bank a price consistent with current yields . |
| 20 | I 'm not eating it quickly at all , it 's just catching a filling every time I eat it . |
| 21 | The PLP normally has a meeting every Wednesday morning to discuss general issues and a meeting at 6 p.m. every Thursday to consider the next week 's business . |
| 22 | At the turn of the twentieth century , this ‘ majority rule ’ , as it was known , held sway in the US ; thus denying a shareholder the right to sue a director who used inside information in face to face transactions . |
| 23 | I 've just done a show a touring show , for the Arts Council which opened recently in Kendel having been in Cambridge , Swansea and Liverpool . |
| 24 | It had happened at the rampart by Dr Dunstaple 's house where Cutter had just shot a sepoy the moment before and seen him fall ; at the same instant he had caught sight of another sepoy levelling his musket and had said to the Sikh beside him : " See that man aiming at me , take him down . " |
| 25 | For a year and a day the boy did not work and hardly ever spoke but one day when he was watching his father fashion a sword for an important chief he exclaimed " That is not the way to do it " and taking the tools soon made a sword the like of which was never seen before , and so began the famous Islay swords . |
| 26 | A bit advice , lad ; best give a wife a clachan of bairns , and leave her alone to rear them . ’ |
| 27 | If you find you normally get a rash every time you go in the sun , do see your doctor earlier in the year . |
| 28 | I just draw a line an inch from the bottom . |
| 29 | That 's why you do n't just get a print-out every month from us ; you get a set of charge forms . |
| 30 | ‘ I just do a crossword a day , ’ said Mr Pilkington , who was among about 180 contestants in the Leeds challenge . |