Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unusual variety is N. Hal Miller , a vigorous plant of creamy white or N. Virginia a variety also suitable for a larger pond . |
| 2 | I mean , I would have expected something a bit more spiritual for a time like this . |
| 3 | Dave Tanner was a bit too nervous for a man on his own territory . |
| 4 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 5 | We stopped in Thimi , a village obscurely famous for a type of papier mache mask . |
| 6 | Points in between these two are expressed as a decimal eg .5 for a one-in two chance . |
| 7 | It 's just a lot more difficult for a man to admit he 's been hurt by another man . |
| 8 | Indeed ‘ being without anyone ’ is a misery far worse for a writer than bad reviews , or a nagging little illness , or a minor bereavement , or living under a bad government — Dorothy Osborne fared very well under the Commonwealth . |
| 9 | It is a doctrine eminently suitable for a nation overwhelmingly populated by sheep . |
| 10 | Er er the principle was that erm th the birth of a child is , it is painful but it 's not a pain too much for a mother to bear , that was the , the id the principle that they went on . |