Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 19–30 : adultery , child-sacrifice , homosexuality , bestiality ( perhaps a hangover fro animal cults ) were all part of the indescribably debased religions of Canaan . |
| 2 | Royal Commissions had been appointed , and had recently reported , on the state of rivers ; they had investigated the ‘ comfortable doctrine ’ that in twelve miles or so a river however foul would purify itself , and found it untrue . |
| 3 | Marriage remained very much an institution whereby property was transferred from one family to another — just as Aquitaine was transferred first to the Capetians and then to the Angevins . |
| 4 | It turned out that Lou wanted a garden pond of the wildlife variety — no fish , she stipulated , just a place where garden birds could come to drink , and where frogs and newts could frolic . |
| 5 | It was just an accident not murder . ’ |
| 6 | Is n't there ever a time when time slows down ? |
| 7 | A life of serious touring is exchanged for less glamorous travel : moved once a week when mum hoovers the bedroom . |
| 8 | No , no , no , wait a minute , wait a minute , let me think , this was somewhere , do n't forget they come from all over the bloody country the South of England Show erm , this scrumpy was all somewhere a bit farther north , Cotswolds or |
| 9 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 10 | Early childhood is also a time when drama , dance and music have a significant part to pay . |
| 11 | Amongst them was Michelene Wandor , later a Time Out poetry editor , feminist , poet and playwright . |
| 12 | it 's an hour more light , but with , but , but probably an hour further south |
| 13 | No 2900 built in 1955 for Prince Charles and Princess Anne ; now a back up vehicle , used in the main when two trains are run , or to strengthen the principal train . |
| 14 | 2910 built in 1941 as a combined power car , sleeping and brake coach , is now a back up vehicle , used when two trains are run and/or if No 2905 fails . |
| 15 | As you travel alongside Loch Leven the graceful shape of the Pap can be reached in about an hour up heather-covered , bouldery slopes , unpleasant in wet weather , but well worth the effort for the view to Ben Nevis and the Mamores . |
| 16 | Oh yes , Lemon had quite a bit up top , he should imagine , and all concealed under the cap and bells . |
| 17 | He 'd been there a week when violence flared around his squad of green and frightened youngsters . |
| 18 | In fact , in little over a decade out work-load has doubled , and on average 500 more people each year are rescued . |
| 19 | And I say over a year now difficulty . |
| 20 | Erm I mean most people in your flat it 's still three weeks away we tend to put ours up about a week early , just over a week before Christmas . |
| 21 | But there 's never a time when music is far away . |