Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But say the figure had been erm fo he 's travelling at forty eight point three miles an hour , and you want to know how far he 's gone after twenty seven minutes or something , it 's a bit more awkward then so it 'd be easier to look it up on a graph . |
| 2 | They have become a bit more open-minded now but they like to make changes slowly . |
| 3 | oh she says erm it 's just getting a bit too much now because I 'm gon na start |
| 4 | Actually , that definition of an operator proves to be a bit too general so that I have to narrow my choice somewhat , in a way I shall describe shortly . |
| 5 | Holidays spent in Swindon or Wales , a time of freedom from the severities of classroom timetables and disciplines , gave opportunities for naturalistic pursuits in a setting more favourable even than the widening circle of his weekend and holiday explorations of London and Surrey commons with Arthur Hardy or his own brothers , themselves an essential escape from domesticity , homework and discipline . |
| 6 | He is in the hall at this moment ’ , sends me into a panic not milder certainly than any I have ever felt in all the catastrophes of War and Peace . |
| 7 | That way lay a danger more destructive even than guilt . |
| 8 | On the other hand , this goal , that is , a sample sufficiently large so as to make it representative , had to be weighed against time , staffing and other factors which imposed a practical limit on the size of the sample . |
| 9 | But you do n't you remember Carla had a bath Sunday she ha , we had a bath about nine o'clock and then when we got back she went to have her bath and she got in it and it was stone cold ! |
| 10 | Now , as never before , I need to concentrate all my will and energy , all my talent and intellect , upon words on a page more important even than some petition for clemency composed under the shadow of the gallows . |
| 11 | She found it unnerving to be made aware that she could want a man so much physically when her mind was totally against it . |
| 12 | Nowhere should the coat be tight , so it is better to buy a size too large rather than too small . |
| 13 | Her sturdy common sense , the downright attitude to life which never ceased to surprise him , the constant loving references to a papa and a mama who sounded remarkably practical themselves , even if they had spoiled their beautiful daughter , informed him that she came from a background very unlike any that Dr Neil had ever encountered . |
| 14 | and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea . |
| 15 | If you ha if you have n't had it rai if you have n't got a problem then fair enough but if you do get it raised as a problem , the confidentiality bit , then fair enough . |
| 16 | But London offered a solution not available elsewhere and particularly appealing to a young man of his temperament . |