Example sentences of "a [det] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you ever cheat and put a little of cornflour |
| 2 | But you 've got to pay a little of money . |
| 3 | so , with the best will in the world it 's going to be six months so let's so we need a little of breathing space |
| 4 | But er the government , a long while ago , actually decided they ought to do something about knocking the institutions ' heads together and they drew up a plan called the Council of Engineering Institutes , where the idea was we get a little of coordination across the entire patch . |
| 5 | And though , once she hit her formidable histrionic stride , it was possible to feel that a little of Bette Davis went a long way , her excesses were surely preferable to the homogenised blandness of those mass-produced Hollywood sirens of whom a lot went a very little way indeed . |
| 6 | Her employers had been in general the aspiring mothers of young daughters of tradesmen — the honest working citizens whom her father would have disparagingly stigmatised as ‘ cits ’ — hoping that a little of Theda 's quality might rub off on their uncouth girls to help them to an advantageous marriage . |
| 7 | Well it is , it is , yeah , it 's a , there 's a little of flesh but nothing like you know it was when his foot got like that do you see what I mean ? |
| 8 | When they got to St-Jean it was only a little past midnight and the cafes were still open . |
| 9 | Then , a little past noon , the doctor took his hat , his pistols and a sword , put the map in his pocket , and walked off quickly through the trees . |
| 10 | Then the minister deigned to appear and defended himself by saying he had once come out to a stranger who called , but the man proved to be ‘ a little worth person ’ . |
| 11 | Yet language is too important to be left either to amateurs who know British education but know only a little about language , or to professionals who know much about language but have little close contact with British education . |
| 12 | A little outside Saint-Jean to the north-east , in fact , near the village of Ostabat , three of the main pilgrim routes across France met up , to advance as one towards the mountain passes , so that through Saint-Jean there went the pilgrims who had travelled from Paris , from Vézelay in Burgundy , and from Le Puy and Conques further to the south ; only those who had come through Provence took a different route into Spain , over the Col du Somport . |
| 13 | For Esteban Vicente , still busy at work in his Bridgehampton studio as he enters his ninth decade , the sweet blarings of Fame 's trumpet have always had more than a little in common with the songs of the sirens . |
| 14 | So even if they made a little , if they 've got the glass cutter , made a little round hole then reached , still could n't get the window open they 'd be forced to break the whole lot and make more noise . |
| 15 | well she did have one it , she 's had an operation , but er , I , she manages to go to the post on a Sunday afternoon , she must write to her sister in Australia , which makes a little round trip , a bit of exercise that 's what you ought to do more of |
| 16 | I still think he was a good investment , BUT if he does n't get 20+ Premiership goals this year I 'll be disappointed ( unless he gets the winner in the FA cup final on bags a few vs Scum ! ! ) |
| 17 | He has converted quite a few to Utopianism . |
| 18 | A lot of lads started out here , went to Sarries , a few to Wasps then come home again . |
| 19 | ‘ There must have been quite a few since Lucia and Michele . ’ |
| 20 | With your inbuilt tachometer you 've no doubt clocked up quite a few since Seville . ’ |
| 21 | Drive in the spade again , about 2–3 inches ( 5- 8cm ) from the cuttings slit , and lever the soil over tight against the cuttings — check this by taking a few between thumb and finger , and try to lift them : they should be quite firm . |
| 22 | It was an opinion that not a few of Gould 's associates would have shared . |
| 23 | The government showed itself willing to accept a large number of amendments of detail and a few of substance affecting boundaries as long as they could maintain the principle of a two-tier structure . |
| 24 | Jazz skewered up his hair with a few of Mrs Nicholson 's hairpins and the three of them shuffled and clacked respectively for home , grateful for the now emptier streets . |
| 25 | The birthday party was of a kind which Cecilia would have wondered at , had she been invited to it , for although a few of Bienvida 's classmates were present in its early stages , by seven it had become a celebration for the grown-ups . |
| 26 | I thought about leaving a few of Simon 's visiting cards around , or suggesting they all get together and build a glider in the loft , but then I saw the frosty-eyed Matron in a blue uniform and matching hair rinse clocking me from behind the desk . |
| 27 | erm I mean a few of things that I would say , first of all we operate on a freephone system , also we turn claims cheques round the same day , and the name of the game as far as we 're concerned is service . |
| 28 | Complete control of the contrast transfer function , displayed measurement parameters , versatile image editing and ability to detect 256 grey levels are a few of CUE 2 's abilities . |
| 29 | In fact only a few of Scotland 's great views are included but many well known ones elsewhere are covered such as Cat Bells and Snowdon , plus a few less familiar ones such as Mow Cop on the edge of the Cheshire Hills and Bennachie in Aberdeenshire . |
| 30 | We have had a few of Lionan 's men here once or twice , some wounded . |