Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I read for about an hour . |
| 2 | He fled with just an ornament . |
| 3 | The High Court in Dublin adjourned until today an application by the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child for a permanent ban on Irish student union leaders distributing information on abortion facilities in Britain and a related contempt hearing . |
| 4 | And so I tell you we slammed the window down and just ducked for about an hour . |
| 5 | Nothing happened for about an hour . |
| 6 | Robyn replied with just an edge of panic in her voice . |
| 7 | They walked for about an hour before arriving at their destination . |
| 8 | Slowly and methodically , he worked for about an hour on his correspondence , which included a letter from one of their major customers . |
| 9 | She put on not an ounce of fat , and always appeared well groomed at golf club or restaurant , as well as at home . |
| 10 | He paused for only an instant . |
| 11 | They searched for over an hour , following at first some vague footprints in the smudged , dark liquid . |
| 12 | After a much interrupted speech that lasted for nearly an hour , he ended resoundingly : |
| 13 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 14 | Back in his small room , Sandison lay down on the bed and slept for about an hour and a half . |
| 15 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 16 | ‘ Now that I 've eaten and drunk my fill it 's time for me to beat away , ’ he said after about an hour . |
| 17 | But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us . |
| 18 | Glancing at his fob watch , he had at least an hour before Spencer returned with their mother to the family home . |
| 19 | Clearly , then , Professor Usher remains convinced that the baby had at least an 80% chance of survival , and that Leonard Arthur did prescribe the drug with the intention of causing the child 's death , especially in view of Dr Arthur 's comments on his philosophical attitude to this type of situation . |
| 20 | A criminal psychopath would not want to kick someone 's face in for the fun of it unless he had at least an inkling of what it feels like to the victim . |
| 21 | We stayed for about an hour , then with the sisters ' greetings ringing in our ears rejoined our escort outside the walls and continued our journey . |
| 22 | We sat for about an hour waiting for the bargemen to wake . |