Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them were some had got old cars in where the tyres , if it was a puncture it was these great big wheels with beaded edge tyres which you can , you put on in quite a different way from the modern car tyres . |
| 2 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 3 | And it is a big let-down when they fizzle out with only a snap , crackle and pop . |
| 4 | But in riding , quietness , and general environment , Mark 3 coaches gliding through the countryside at speed owe little to even a decade ago . |
| 5 | ‘ Hang on in there a minute , my lovely . |
| 6 | And we get away with twice a week . |
| 7 | As you go backwards in time , to say the first minute of the universe 's life , the density is not absurdly high , it 's only a little more than that of water , but the density of radiation is much , much higher — it 's a million times higher — and the temperature is like the inside of a nuclear reactor , so one of the interesting things is that when we get back to just a minute , say , after the apparent beginning of the expansion , we 're not yet dealing with any bizarre physics , we 're dealing with conditions that we know and understand on earth . |
| 8 | Well I 'll book it up erm , find out at least a week before hand . |
| 9 | Now if we put these two parameters on here , we end up with only a small proportion of patients who actually have high pressure and low flow . |
| 10 | It is still worthwhile building up a stock of components though , and most electronics hobbyists end up with quite a large store of components after a few years . |
| 11 | As the paper is wet the colour merges and falls and sometimes I end up with quite a nice fusion of colours which I then leave to dry thoroughly . |
| 12 | So then you know , you 've you end up with quite a nice er lawn oh right ! |
| 13 | They fall into some categories do n't they , like the lazy slob , who never does anything , never washes a dish or ne never helps at all around the house , so even though they stay there for about a week . |
| 14 | I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light . |
| 15 | I stay there for quite a while , until I get real good and warm . |
| 16 | I sit there for quite a bit , hunched up on the pavement . |
| 17 | So all through the anxious days of incubation until the dull-plumaged infants are fully fledged , he and the hen move about without even a whisper . |
| 18 | Oh , yes , because rings come in to quite a bit of wear do n't they ? |
| 19 | He said : ‘ We have dominated our last two games and come out with only a couple of points . |
| 20 | When the polarisation is unavailable as well ( as on overcast days , for example ) , bees fall back on yet a third system , based on landmarks , and there is no reason to suppose we have exhausted the set of fail-safe plans built into bees . |