Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] a [noun sg] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not office-based — I 'll go to court duty one day , a prison visit the next and perhaps a home visit the following day , ’ she says . |
| 3 | Even for those who reach the last year of secondary school , only about 50 per cent pass the matriculation exam , and only a handful achieve the higher grade of ‘ matric exemption ’ which is required for university entrance . |
| 4 | Ten days later , Falkenhayn was on the telephone himself , expressing the fear that the British were after all about to attempt a relief operation , ‘ and probably a landing attempt ’ It was hardly surprising that on April 17th Rupprecht — irritated and not keen to be involved in another of Falkenhayn 's half-measure offensives that he deplored — coolly declined his invitation to attack the British , pointing to the strong reinforcements now in the line . |
| 5 | A newspaper and now a bank have since taken over . |
| 6 | Do a range protect on that same range and then a range erase of that same range . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're still following up contacts made at that show , and quite a number have already turned into customers . ’ |
| 8 | Between 60 and 70 a day have been attending the job help centre on site and quite a number have found other work . |
| 9 | yeah , to see if that car 's been sold , stolen or whatever and yet a solicitor come he said your solicitor will be able to pick up the phone , take you through the right channels , see if he 's sold that car , he has n't sold the car , who 's he sold it |
| 10 | Most of the southern states score particularly badly on economic discrimination , but only a minority do so on the third and none do on the first . |
| 11 | People , after all , are often involved in disputes and difficulties with their relatives , but only a minority commit suicide . |
| 12 | But now a couple have volunteered themselves for Gwendolen to adopt . |
| 13 | You see , there are ladies … or women who smoke , but their choice is usually Woodbines ; a few ask for Gold Flake , but quite a number ask for shag for their pipes . ’ |