Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Just leave it on basically for about an hour as long as you 're having a conversation |
2 | They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity . |
3 | After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure . |
4 | You do n't say ? wrecking one cherished wish after another , until she was reduced to longing desperately for just an end to the regular death of the street-corner parting , the fear and loneliness of the long walk home . |
5 | When we came to it , the militia had been there already for about an hour . |
6 | Some LEAs employ teachers to visit families with a pre-school child before they start school , usually for about an hour a week , to play with the child and involve the parents in finding out more about the child 's development and needs . |
7 | ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’ |
8 | If you 're planning a trip to TECHNIQUEST be sure to put aside at least an hour and a half . |
9 | Although I am convinced that the prime management problem is ‘ making it happen ’ , one has to accept that in life there is always at least an evens chance that one is going the wrong way . |
10 | They do it a half hour later or an hour later and if that holds , erm I think they usually , you know , it 's always at least an hour |
11 | The ITV policy of bringing a transatlantic style to British Television extended far beyond merely an emulation of programming . |
12 | Avoid going outdoors for about an hour or so . |
13 | ‘ Even while then it still had n't clicked in my brilliant brain why I was acting so , I put my foot down , and kept it there , and arrived here with about an hour to spare before your train was due in . |
14 | We got here in just an hour and five minutes . |
15 | Caitlin will be here in about an hour . |
16 | Grandma 's be around here in about an hour . |
17 | Shift-change was long over ; Haminh should have returned here at least an hour ago , unless she had a lover who had n't been mentioned , who she was in the habit of spending a shift with . |
18 | Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again . |
19 | We sit there for nearly an hour , staring into the house-sized holes , mesmerized by the relentless sound and fury . |
20 | They do the operation and keep the woman there for about an hour then give her 50 rupees . |
21 | But that was , we were standing there for about an hour I should think it was . |
22 | and er , this is what I , this is what I wanted , to tie to the flagpole and left him there for about an hour he had his pasting as well . |
23 | I know and like on Thursday yeah I mean we 're gon na be there for about an hour and a half probably yeah , and I wan na go home and I wan na drop my bag off and I wan na change my clothes and that 's gon na be like seven o'clock or eight o'clock like cos I wan na come round to band practice tomorrow and I wo n't get there until bloody eight o'clock and miss half my bloody weekend . |
24 | Oh well when I got back from I sat in there for about an hour cos the new girls that were meant to be sleeping in there slept in Zoey and Lucy 's room . |
25 | I must 'ave bin sittin' there fer over an hour an' then this geezer comes out an' beckons me in 'is office . |
26 | ‘ The train from Castlebar is due there in about an hour . |
27 | ‘ We 'll be there in about an hour or so , ’ Guido told her , as Ronni sat by his side stiffly , staring out the window . |
28 | We stayed there at least an hour . |
29 | He left again after only an hour . ’ |
30 | Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy . |