Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 No vote was taken and Sir John refused to say whether any clubs opposed the deal but he added : ‘ It all went through in a very few minutes . ’
2 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
3 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
4 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
5 Which was just as well , as this time he came back after a very few minutes .
6 If that description is excessively dry and abstract , let me spell it out in a little more detail .
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