Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect everyone to go at least a second faster tomorrow , ’ said Mansell , who set the record in the penultimate lap of the session . |
| 2 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 3 | Their debts are now more than £6.5m and chairman Sir John Hall says he needs at least a week to draw up another rescue package before he and his fellow directors will be in a position to open talks with Kevin Keegan about the vacant manager 's position . |
| 4 | Switchboard operator , who reckons she takes at least a dozen calls a day from France , has joined the classes . |
| 5 | ‘ But I think I could keep it going for quite a while . |
| 6 | The Selby approach seems to me to be er look at the land that is allocated which amounts to approximately a hundred hectares in the district and discount a great deal of it because it 's constrained in some way or another , and I 'll come back to those constraints later . |
| 7 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 8 | However , the simplest method to overcome this potential problem is to fill the pool once with clear water and allow it to stand for about a week . |
| 9 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 10 | England striker Alan Shearer saw his sensational equaliser cancelled out and complained : ’ We thought we deserved at least a draw . |
| 11 | We think she corroded for only a matter of weeks before being colonised . |
| 12 | First , Mr Delors — who had earlier sent a furious letter to Mr Major , complaining of Britain 's lack of faith over the TV pact — had kept him waiting for over an hour at Heathrow while his flight from Brussels was delayed by fog . |
| 13 | I had kept him waiting for over an hour , though he was n't too annoyed as he had been able to retrieve three brand new titanium ice screws and a rope , left , we presumed , after an incident the night before when we had a helicopter hovering above the face . |
| 14 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 15 | Dexter explained how he was wavering about the list of suspects : one moment thinking it consisted of only a handful of people and then believing almost anyone in the building could have done it . |
| 16 | That means imperialism means in a way they 're the French market it 's well known , and , makes itself sell at much a than in its , in its own country , so you can say that for example Thompson has a monopoly tower , most European and have a monopoly tower |