Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that .
2 ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said .
3 ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers .
4 It is known to everyone as the 'Spruce Goose ’ , but what was its official name ?
5 Babies probably start by seeing everyone as an aspect of their mother and call them ‘ Mama ’ or something very like it .
6 " Everyone for the gentleman 's photograph , " he shouted , lining the elderly people against the side of the bus .
7 The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later .
8 Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March .
9 Even so , I have noticed that the feeding pattern still follows the usual course in that you catch barbel for a spell ( maybe only one or two fish ) then nothing for a spell , and so on .
10 ‘ No — nothing for a day or two . ’
11 If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally .
12 Then nothing for a bit , then perhaps ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ , or , ‘ Before Cabinet on Thursday …
13 I know you get nothing for a tenner but if you spend hundred pound you can
14 do nothing for a fortnight of course .
15 ‘ Sophie said nothing for a minute and then she said : ‘ On a plane to see Lizzie ’ . ’
16 He said nothing for a minute .
17 He said nothing for a minute or two and told the person next to him that he was having a bad dream when the stranger woke him up .
18 Joe said nothing for a minute then he said in a low voice , ‘ It 's quite settled then , Sarah and Terry ?
19 The lawyer said nothing for a minute .
20 Inspector Aziz looked at her , and said nothing for a minute .
21 After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way .
22 Wayne said nothing for a while , and Pete allowed his attention to wander down the inventory list ; his eyebrows raised at the mention of a waterbed , a hi-fi system and a video hookup in the after stateroom .
23 ‘ Penny for them , ’ said Adam , when they were halfway through the meal and she had said nothing for a while .
24 She said nothing for a while .
25 When he finished , the DDI sat back and said nothing for a while , just digested it .
26 They said nothing for a while ; she controlling her emotions while he gathered his strength .
27 Wycliffe said nothing for a while but continued with his study of the cheque stubs .
28 Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing .
29 In English , it has been shown that an unmarked theme is one that signals the mood of the clause : in declarative clauses the unmarked theme is the subject ( Jane said nothing for a moment ) ; in interrogative clauses it is the wh-word ( What did Jane say ? ) , or the auxiliary in the case of polar questions ( Did Jane say anything ? ) ; in imperative clauses it is the verb ( Say something ) .
30 I said nothing for a moment ; there had seemed to be some special emphasis on the last sentence .
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