Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With pressed flowers , it is very much a case of quality rather than quantity . |
| 2 | Any tenderness between the two of them would be a sham as far as he was concerned , merely serving to emphasise the absence of love , and perhaps like her he felt that a relationship characterised by so much other feeling ought to be loving as well , that the depth of desire he felt for her should have been merely a facet of love instead of the whole . |
| 3 | It was not merely a matter of correction here and there — these were ashes ; at best a discord such as some chained bear might pound on a piano . |
| 4 | The Constitution is therefore not merely a body of rules equally applicable to all citizens , but also a body of rules specially designed to benefit and protect given groups … |
| 5 | What I 'm , what I 'm trying to do is , is just er highlight er paths where they are , and , and , and drawing people 's attention to er to , to rights of way in the county , er obviously a lot of people probably would n't be , maybe people that 've just moved into the area , that sort of thing , people like myself who were n't too familiar with Oxfordshire before , er those sort of people probably would n't be aware without a book like this that there were a lot of paths on their doorstep , and some very pleasant countryside as well . |
| 6 | ‘ There were obviously a lot of people there when it took place . |
| 7 | And so a couple of hours later , it was Burkett who drove the coach and four to the top of Dunmail Raise while Hope and Sylvia walked behind to spare the horses the effort , even though , as Burkett had pointed out , two passengers were light work for four horses . |
| 8 | So a range of views there . |
| 9 | So a lot of problems just getting the address in . |
| 10 | So a lot of people quite understandably say , ‘ The media is something which is best kept out of here and if they 're coming I shall hide under the table ’ and so on . |
| 11 | The point means only a likelihood of harassment etc. not an actual harassment . |
| 12 | It 's only a pile of rubble now the Great Killer has finished with it . |
| 13 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
| 14 | In fact , only a minority of people now smoke in Wimpey offices . |
| 15 | The hoverspeeder 's cockpit was now only a couple of metres below , and slightly to one side of , the platform . |
| 16 | I have n't noticed I 've lost any weight only that me clothes have gone a bit loose , it must be only a couple of pounds literally but on Mrs scales I 'm half a stone lighter , but I do n't think so by tomorrow night I 'll be about eleven , ten |
| 17 | How could he be so polite when he had been fired by passion only a couple of hours before ? |
| 18 | The other , only a couple of feet further off , was boring in low , aiming for the region of his groin . |
| 19 | She had found friends , and food and drink were only a couple of blocks away . |
| 20 | LEFT Home computers were unheard-of only a couple of decades ago ; now they have become routine magic' . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't worry , Lawrence is only a couple of minutes away . |
| 22 | ‘ Exactly on the hour , and if she 's only a couple of minutes late , you sing out , Bainbridge , because I shall want to know . ’ |
| 23 | I mean Christmas ones are only a couple of foot apart , there 's only about that much between them , you know ? |
| 24 | Standing 16.3hh , Ambassador was given plenty of time to mature , only beginning his competitive career at the start of the current season , and testimony to his brilliance is the fact that he is only a couple of points away from being Advanced . |
| 25 | There were only a couple of cars there at that time of the evening . |
| 26 | Recalling those moments now , he opened Anna 's file of typed poems , seeking the one she 'd written , only a couple of weeks ago , about the funeral flowers . |
| 27 | Optimism over the re-election prospects of the Conservative party , widespread among stockbrokers and fund managers only a couple of weeks ago , has ebbed away and there is now more active consideration of other possible outcomes . |
| 28 | We had dinner there only a couple of weeks ago . |
| 29 | Why , only a couple of weeks ago you were saying you hoped they would n't even meet at the Family Day ; now you 're suggesting that she actually goes and stays where he works . |
| 30 | Some fella told me that only a couple of weeks ago , but the greatest rip off of them all , have you heard the greatest rip off about Betty and the , and the roof ? |