Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.

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1 When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family .
2 The hype surrounding Justin v John Fashanu did not materialise but Justin came on , only to miss from a few yards as Sanchez intervened , leading to his injury and the booking of the Wimbledon physio .
3 The kingdom of Italy , the second big new state to emerge from the wars of the mid-century , had only to deal with a few French-speaking communities and some Germans in Venetia ; it did not yet have to face a minorities problem .
4 Then , at Queenstown , South Island 's most popular tourist town , you might be lucky enough to run across a former world-class exponent of the ski-slopes , Murray ‘ Mo ’ Gardner .
5 She has even suggested that a little less fishing might deplete the shoals enough to squeeze in a few vegetables .
6 Abandoned fawns have been reared on a bottle , only to die within a few months .
7 I 'd like to start before I explain that , just to refer to a few comments that Mr made .
8 So let's have about six different characters , before we do it I 'd like you need drafting books , just to think of a few questions that you would ask the characters .
9 With hindsight , it would have better still to lock in a few more gains .
10 I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair .
11 She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own .
12 Most large towns in Britain with sizable Asian communities have three or four resident hakims , and an unknown number visit Britain from abroad to practise for a few weeks several times a year .
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