Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adult titles will be chosen by a panel which will include a team fro Radio 4 's ‘ Woman 's Hour ’ , and children 's books by the Letterbox Library book club . |
| 2 | Can we watch a film tonight mum ? |
| 3 | I thought I 'd do a tape then mum . |
| 4 | British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past . |
| 5 | He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination . |
| 6 | If the Teleputer is in Answering Machine / FAX mode it will automatically detect a FAX only call and divert that to the FAX software . |
| 7 | ‘ Can I have a standing up egg , Mum ? ’ |
| 8 | Can I have a drink please mum ? |
| 9 | I 'll have a drink though sherry Mum can I have a sherry please ? |
| 10 | I du n no , I 'll tell you in a minute , we 'll have a count nearly dinner time |
| 11 | Thus , in areas like the East End of London , a particular sector of the local economy such as the garment trade may even produce a situation where minority language skills have a positive economic value within the local setting . |
| 12 | But except for that small minority who are going to spend a lifetime in academic pursuits , there must come a time when education for the great majority needs to become more vocational , more concerned with professional training ’ . |
| 13 | However , his co-chairman Lord Owen , appointed by the European Community , warned that peace talks could not go on forever , saying there would come a time when action had to be taken by the international community . |
| 14 | But there will come a point where productivity gains alone will not cover the necessary wage increases . |
| 15 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 16 | Can one imagine a situation where Parliament passed legislation regulating the internal affairs of the United States of America ? |