Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 2 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 3 | That 's right some which m could possibly a bit wider than |
| 4 | All I 've had today was a pastie , I thought I 'd fast a bit . |
| 5 | You 'd either a cart or a horse and cart , or a tractor and trailer , and you 'd nice peat , and all these heaps of muck and you knew that when there was n't anything else to do you 'd got to get out there and spread it . |
| 6 | He may also a number of magic weapons and other items as described below . |
| 7 | Would rather a cat be out cos it wants to be out . |
| 8 | ‘ Yet I would rather a resolution less wasteful . |
| 9 | DURING my time in Germany ( 1984-88 ) the British Ambassadors in Bonn and East Berlin would twice a year set off on an official tour , once in his territory and once in mine , to gather impressions about the relationship between the two parts of the divided German nation and how it might develop . |
| 10 | I will quite a lot . |
| 11 | He can fine a player up to 75 per cent of his match fee or suspend him for up to three Test matches . |