Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |
| 2 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 3 | Anyway she 's been going out on and off for quite a while now . |
| 4 | There you are out innocently canoeing , with the most gorgeous man this side of the Rocky Mountains , and out of nowhere a storm hits . |
| 5 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 6 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |