Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | a great waste ground of four miles broad and more … and the side thereof that lieth towards England is the common pasture of the uttermost inhabited towns of England , and the side thereof towards Scotland is so wet a moss or marshy ground that it will neither bear corn nor serve for the pasture of any cattle , also their way scarcely any man pass over it . |
| 2 | Never before have I had so good a time or taken so little medicine . ’ |
| 3 | The most interesting example though is of a man whose name was probably Barathes ; he is described as a Palmyrene , from Syria , and also as a vexillarius , most likely a manufacturer or merchant of military standards , although the possibility that he was a standard-bearer can not be entirely ruled out . |
| 4 | I got on well with him and he was partly responsible a year or so later when I moved to a morning paper in Wales . |
| 5 | The mean or average amount was nearly 8 a month or about 0.76 per cent of average earnings . |
| 6 | about half a square or so off . |
| 7 | ‘ They are about half a mile or so away , ’ he replied , ‘ and , most important , they are our guns . |
| 8 | But you do n't have to be as colourful a performer or as vivid a personality as these two to make an interesting subject . |
| 9 | So we may have a , quite another a board or what ? |
| 10 | Opting for a diesel car can be a canny move if your annual mileage is around 10,000 a year or more . |
| 11 | And er he was the choir master erm and he and he used to put us onto , we used to have various plays you know , erm maybe two a year or something like that . |
| 12 | Mr. Collins asserted that they had either such a right or at least a right that Lautro should consider whether to hear them . |
| 13 | The box insulates and prevents too rapid a rise or fall in water temperature , and the blanket assists this . |