Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] a [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 2 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 3 | Eva said it had taken them nearly a month to get booked up . |
| 4 | Given any number , it takes her only a second to work out the combination of smaller numbers which add up to it . |
| 5 | Have they already a house to go to ? |
| 6 | ‘ I call round and see her once a week to make sure she 's got everything she needs . |
| 7 | Peers visit him once a month to hand over expenses forms on which they specify the days they have attended the Chamber for debates . |
| 8 | He says it took him about a year to recover but now he 's fine here . |
| 9 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 10 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |
| 11 | Nell , watching them go , sighed and said , ‘ She did n't kiss Xanthe goodnight , you know , or give her even a hug to comfort her . |
| 12 | ‘ Even though John has a busy and demanding job as planning manager at Broadgreen Hospital , he would be up with me twice a night to feed the babies , Andrew and Daniel . |
| 13 | ‘ Even though John has a busy and demanding job as planning manager at Broadgreen Hospital , he would be up with me twice a night to feed the babies , Andrew and Daniel . |
| 14 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 15 | To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech . |
| 16 | It took me quite a while to cope with the shock . ’ |
| 17 | It 's taken me quite a while to come up with this team and i 'm sure i 've missed some absolute wankers out , but here goes . |
| 18 | It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence . |
| 19 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 20 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 21 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 22 | ‘ Good job you do , ’ she went on , ‘ because I cook it once a week to give the tins a good clean out . ’ |
| 23 | If it is a tort wrongfully to procure a breach of contract is it also a tort to procure the commission of other legal wrongs ? |
| 24 | Was it simply a need to grow out of our teens and twenties , when we scarfed up indiscriminate and loathsome messes at all hours of the day and night ? |
| 25 | Helen had gone earlier , and when they arrived the number of cars already there made it quite a problem to find a parking space . |
| 26 | ‘ I found it quite a transition to go from being a single bloke to being married . |
| 27 | ‘ It took us quite a while to persuade other people just how much tennis in general could benefit , especially in those countries where Government grants are dependent on Olympic membership , if tennis was once again a member of the Olympic family . |