Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 2 | So I could jump out of an aeroplane and fire a machine gun . |
| 3 | does somebody dress up as an Easter bunny ? |
| 4 | You 'd better warn him that I 'll expect to see him some time tomorrow , if he does n't feel up to an interview this evening , that is ! ’ |
| 5 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 6 | An erosion surface should show up as an excess in a certain range of altitude and this can be revealed by a device such as a hypsographic curve , which aims to depict the overall distribution of elevation and is usually used to illustrate the earth 's major relief features . |
| 7 | We should remember Burke 's famous warning that rage and frenzy can tear down in an hour what it took centuries of prudence to build . |
| 8 | However , if he is lucky the modern farm worker will find his tractor cab fitted with a radio , to which he can tune in via an earpiece . |
| 9 | There were also photographs of his weak and charming father , who had read Pravda and the Daily Telegraph every morning , and his beautiful feckless mother , who 'd run off with an Italian and now lived in some palazzo in Rome , and of the huge house in which he 'd been brought up . |
| 10 | TEESSIDE Polytechnic student Jonathan Welfare could soon clean up with an idea to rid the danger which dogs our footsteps . |
| 11 | PSD itself will then provide up to an addition £8.50 per week towards excess travelling costs . |
| 12 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 13 | To Sheldukher she said , ‘ We 'll report back in an hour , yes ? ’ |
| 14 | The Pezzetta starter deserves a good , ordinary Italian white wine to go with it , that could also double up as an apéritif . |
| 15 | We 'll now move on to an amendment standing in the name of Councillor . |
| 16 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 17 | Fullback Marty Roebuck could also miss out as an ankle operation is likely to sideline him for six to seven weeks . |
| 18 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 19 | A bit of security of employment so they can sort of sort out for an holiday . |
| 20 | Of course , one did n't drop out of an engagement simply because one was not strong enough to take insults and hatred . |
| 21 | In September 1939 , when war broke out in the West , almost everyone in our part of the world believed that Mussolini would join in as an ally of Hitler ; in 1936 the German alliance with Italy , the Berlin-Rome Axis , had been established . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's on its way , but you could ‘ phone in for an ambulance . ’ |
| 23 | Says yeah alright I says we 'll call in for an hour . |
| 24 | is in the weigh-bridge at present , checking in the grain deliveries , and will take over in an hour or so . |
| 25 | It takes half an hour to get from Bournemouth to Southampton , but it can take up to an hour to get from Barts to the Westminster hospital . |
| 26 | She says younger users often expect the drug to work immediately although its affects can take up to an hour so they take more , which increases the risks . |
| 27 | This Bulletin will be paper-based initially , but should go on to an e-mail bulletin board as soon as this is available . |
| 28 | The visitor can pass on without an inkling of these rare events , and in walking through the church pass over the Teutonic bones of those ancients . |
| 29 | But generational time can gradually lead on to an appreciation of dates and time-lines . |
| 30 | Well you do n't know whether you 'll be able , you can go down in an evening |