Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't owned it for over a year . |
| 2 | to do an E C G on this man , well I had n't done one for quite a while and I 'd forgot really , not forgot what to do but I 'm not very familiar with the E C G machines because it 's a new electronic machine and its |
| 3 | The young receptionist gave no hint of recognition , even though she had seen him at least a dozen times before . |
| 4 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 5 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 6 | And he , he possibly had done it at least a half a dozen times |
| 7 | So you do n't finish up with a battery that as soon as you 've used it for about a minute , that 's it ca n't get any more |
| 8 | Erm he 's had it for about a week and a half now . |
| 9 | It does rather spoil the fun , though , when the spoof is too obvious — the one in the 31 March issue was so obviously naive and reckless in its content that it could not possibly have fooled anybody with even a grain of sense . |
| 10 | It is a surprising answer , and we have known and understood it for only a century or so . |
| 11 | She had introduced herself in rather a peevish voice as Gladys someone-or-other . |
| 12 | Literally hours before the Shah was about to be bundled off to South Africa , the Rockefeller-Kissinger connection had finally found him at least a temporary haven — the Bahamas . |
| 13 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 14 | It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met . |
| 15 | They did little , however , and Grubb took over the ride again last November , but has taken him to only a few shows , mostly indoor , in which Ever has been extremely consistent . |
| 16 | You see the Italians when they vote in that referendum , I 've discussed it with quite a few cousins at the time , it was n't they 're exactly |