Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'll talk about that a bit more . |
| 2 | Have you have you got any er idea of how i it came about that a group was so organized ? |
| 3 | she must think about that a lot . |
| 4 | At either end of the state saloon , and entirely unconnected with it , are small compartments , for each a guard , who has the control of a powerful argand lamp which , on passing through the tunnels along the line , reflects a strong light through a ground glass of globular form inserted in the panelling . |
| 5 | So , third , the purpose of the Council was not just to restate and defend past doctrines — for that a Council was not necessary — but to ‘ make a leap forward in doctrinal insight and the education of consciences in ever greater fidelity to authentic teaching . |
| 6 | He thus pioneered in this country the discursive , witty , exuberant , and surrealist style of humour he bequeathed to his close friend J. B. Morton [ q.v. ] , who took the column over in 1924 and developed it through half a century into an art form . |
| 7 | This is done by setting the model on a flat surface , measuring the height of one blade tip , then rotating the rotor head through half a turn and measuring the height of the other blade . |
| 8 | Living by himself , he had stopped taking milk : he never got through half a bottle before it went sour , since he drank coffee black and seldom ate cereals . |
| 9 | Alina had sniffled her way through half a box of Kleenex from the glove compartment , and she seemed even more disinclined toward conversation than Pete . |
| 10 | Charles smoked his way through half a packet of Gauloises while John told his story . |
| 11 | Just stop and think about this a minute . |
| 12 | Now , if I asked you , right , to present information about this A Level , cos it 's something you all know about , okay . |
| 13 | I 've thought about this a lot , I doubt that I could have started this channel . |
| 14 | But now , my dear fellows , let's just think about this a moment , shall we ? |
| 15 | He was soon running errands for half a crown a day , sleeping on a board over the bath and doing Musgrave a favour by playing the toyboy to his wife . |
| 16 | And as an apprentice you , I was a year there for nothing , a ye , half a year for half a crown , half a year for five shillings , and at the end of five years I was earning fourteen shillings . |
| 17 | Now half a crown in those days was a lot of money , you had to a full day 's work for half a crown , make no mistake on that . |
| 18 | They used to have a erm hens there you see , they used to go round the small farms buying hens , then for half a crown each , just for sitting on the eggs to hatch them . |
| 19 | Here , as inmates with red-rimmed eyes and ash-grey faces barter items like a shirt or a spoon for half a bowl of soup , a nightmarish market economy is seen in operation . |
| 20 | She tightened her hand on his , and they sat holding hands for half a minute before Peter Yeo caught sight of his watch . |
| 21 | Any material which runs for half a minute or so is worth considering , and you can stretch these times to any length by repeat-recording them nose-to-tail for as many times as needed to make up the required length . |
| 22 | It will feel like an eternity , but you will have learned to handle silence for half a minute . |
| 23 | The constable apparently left the chamber at that , for half a minute later a cloaked figure came quickly out of the Garden Tower 's entrance and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 24 | ‘ Wait , ’ the Counsellor said , and stood silent for half a minute . |
| 25 | The ball seemed to be in the air for half a minute . |
| 26 | We sit in silence for half a minute . |
| 27 | The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure . |
| 28 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 29 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 30 | Look away , even for half a second , and he 'll disappear . ’ |