Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] an [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 2 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 3 | What 's more , you can make an appointment for a free consultation up to an hour long with free facial , analysis and advice . |
| 4 | They 're still fighting , which is a good sign and come back with an equaliser just before half-time . |
| 5 | At the beginning of 1990 , for example , there was a much publicised case of heart surgery carried out on an infant still in the womb . |
| 6 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |