Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sleeps eight comfortably , and rents for between £352 and £489 each for a week if eight share , including hire of one car and flights , or £449 to £699 each if four take it . |
| 2 | Can individuals and the community serve without spiritual values What about that as a starter before we look at the other questions , then . |
| 3 | He 'd always thought of that as a cliché before he met Emily . |
| 4 | And then do that for a fortnight so she still did n't have any money . |
| 5 | I did that for a year until the scheme finished . |
| 6 | And do that for a while as well as some , some voluntary work . |
| 7 | Oh we have n't read that for a while cos you read them to yourself now do n't you ? |
| 8 | And you could go to that for a weekend if |
| 9 | And I have not , and I would n't want to unless she was in such a condition , can you manage to sit there like that for a moment while I 'll manage to go and get a pad ? |
| 10 | Now the diabetic , I 'll leave that for a moment because I 'll do that in a moment , erm the absorption , usually gardeners , agricultural people that have , dealing with ordinary insecticides , pesticides , herbicides and all the other -cides that er , are about today , they 're usually protected , but sometimes either you get somebody in a garden with and using all these things and they , they do n't read packets do they any more ? |
| 11 | ‘ You should be able to stand like that for a week before the nerve implants get tired . |
| 12 | Is love meant to glow on like this for a while after the set has been switched off ? |
| 13 | Shall I stop this for a while because of the noise ? |
| 14 | My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience . |
| 15 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 16 | Wherever possible we should try to make provision for children ( perhaps by showing videos etc. to keep them amused while a class takes place ) Please consider this as a possibility when planning an event or rally . |
| 17 | you know , er briefly er a amend er on to using this as a backcloth as it were . |
| 18 | I am saying this in a letter because I am sorry to say I can not get to the next liaison meeting . |
| 19 | She smiled and winked at Marco — all this in an instant after the flare exploded and before she threw herself down , arms and legs spread wide , at the shrieking Perks below . |
| 20 | GIVEN THAT Jacob 's Mouse have been involved in this rock ‘ n ’ roll malarkey in some form or another from an age when your hack still believed a bosom was Captain Birdseye 's right hand man on the SS Fishfinger , you would , perhaps — just like the kids of Bury St Edmunds — expect Sam , Jebb and Hugo to be precocious little shits with heads as big as Frank Sidebottom 's . |
| 21 | It will build this on a ledge if one is conveniently available , but it is perfectly capable of fixing the nest to a vertical or even an overhanging wall of rock . |
| 22 | And this on an island where there appeared to be next to no gold and a few sparse cotton plants . |
| 23 | You can give me a few at a time if you like . |
| 24 | He was very unbending , this young boss of hers — not even a smile , and his speech was more like that of a headmaster than a colleague . |
| 25 | This increases the significance of the information system to that of a recommender as to what to do based on value and choices but leaves the final decision to the manager . |
| 26 | Comparison is also used to explain a current phenomenon by comparing the past experience of the group where it is occurring with that of a group where it is not occurring . |
| 27 | The face was fine and a little gaunt , more that of a poet than a soldier . |
| 28 | The distributor acts in a different capacity to that of an agent because he is the actual buyer and seller of the goods , whereas the agent works principally on commission . |
| 29 | It was just that I dislike going off half-cocked , talking too much about a project before I can see where it 's leading . ’ |
| 30 | That is , continuous dynamic dealing with minor perturbations is automatic and so also is the application of basic rules about safety ; for example , the system or some part of it might be programmed to go through a step-change function such as a shut-down if certain parameters exceed prescribed limits . |