Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] [prep] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going to be a long journey I would think cos it 's an hour and a half from here to Scarborough on the bus . |
| 2 | ‘ And there are also two security guards and a dog in there with two more on duty outside . ’ |
| 3 | The energy generated from running upstairs and laughing with Stella in distant Florence flowed over into the impulse to ring , in turn , her own mother : a pointless act , but one that nevertheless in the context seemed pious , necessary , propitiatory , and a gesture at least towards her sister , who bore so much heavier a filial burden , who would ( in theory at least ) be pleased to know that Liz had remembered . |
| 4 | This growth in the proportion of overseas equities in the portfolios and subsequent decline has been mirrored by a fall in the importance of UK company shares over 1980–1984 , but a resurgence since then at the expense of overseas securities . |
| 5 | It is easy to see that would-be DIY funeral undertakers would be as welcome as a swarm of greenfly at the Chelsea flower show . |