Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dig down — use a stick , not your hand — for a foot or so and drop in a piece of paper . |
| 2 | But , you know she just puts it on , she does n't want to do any thing for a hour or so and just sit and recover . |
| 3 | of having a vote and so and so gets no |
| 4 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 5 | To my disbelief I felt a resistance for a second or so and the rod sprung back over my shoulder . |
| 6 | The one complication is that all Windows applications place the same sort of minimum demands on a machine and so if you want to work in a Windows environment you will have to add the extra requirements to machine fit to run Windows . |
| 7 | But it was a moment or so before Agnes obeyed and when she did her voice was stiff as she said , ‘ And your son has given her a — ’ How was she to put it ? |
| 8 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 9 | When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry . |
| 10 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
| 11 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 12 | It was true what they had said ; he ought to get to bed and rest ; ought to take a break from his duties for a day or so and let Li Yuan take up his burden as Regent . |
| 13 | She slowed their journey for a day or so and nudged some flying fish along to thrill the penguin with rainbowed crests as fine as spun sugar , spinning sea-drops in an arc over the waves . |
| 14 | For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m . |
| 16 | Occasionally athletes are kept waiting at the start for a minute or so until television is ready . |
| 17 | It is best to start with a very short drive , just a mile or so and back home . |
| 18 | Stalls were set up to a considerable depth on either side of the main road , which swelled out like a sausage shaped balloon for half a mile or so and then closed in again . |
| 19 | ‘ You just keep on for half a mile or so and 't is up on your left . |
| 20 | ‘ I had a bust up with John Sillett a week or so before and had been transfer-listed and dropped from the team , ’ he recalled . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 22 | For a week or so after we moved to Cornwall , I was free to have a great time exploring my new habitat . |
| 23 | By the end of February , a week or so after the battle opened , the German advance had been stemmed . |
| 24 | ‘ A week or so after I got back it was still there so I went to a doctor and said I might have picked up a parasite . |
| 25 | Salaquin Mandru sent word that he wanted to see his new Ixmaritian vibrancer a week or so after Lucien had recovered from his fever . |
| 26 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 27 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 28 | Over the summer certification period the turnaround on RETs may increase by a week or so because of the very high numbers of candidates seeking certification . |
| 29 | oh the timetable which I as well will , will erm , would be about two months , the first step has to be taken by the defendant because we do n't know yet whether they are prepared to oppose the structure , and if so , what sort of structure they would be prepared to oppose , erm , if and when , er a formal offer of structure came through , I would have little doubt that we could instruct accountants and get a response within a matter of weeks , sometimes one has to if they 're doing an commercial structure within a week or so because the offer is only open for ten days |
| 30 | The key to a healthy , nourishing diet for children is variety — aim to give your child a good range of foods over the course of a week or so and you can be pretty certain she 'll get the nutrients she needs . |