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Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1	Thus , a story which for one reason had been meaningful to her as a young child provided guidance for her at adolescence for quite a different reason .
2	There is therefore opportunity for only a trickle of legislation from this source and , for reasons stated below , even less than that flows .
3	Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way .
4	Moszkowicz added : ‘ I served on the Darlington board for about a year because I misread Football League rules .
5	really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours .
6	‘ See here , ’ said the doctor doubtfully , ‘ it is n't usual for a man to walk into an empty house at four in the morning and come out with another man 's cheque for nearly a hundred pounds . ’
7	It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit .
8	It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit .
9	He 'd tried to stop a truck which was loaded with stolen aluminium scrap worth just a hundred pounds .
10	He 'd tried to stop a truck which was loaded with stolen aluminium scrap worth just a hundred pounds .
11	If the right hon. Gentleman would study recent CBI surveys he would see that domestic and export orders are rising , that export orders are at their highest level for over a year and that there is confirmation that business conditions are beginning to improve in line with confidence .
12	Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year .
13	The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time .
14	Yet from 10.15p.m. the line bites began and bream had been rolling steadily along the familiar route for almost an hour .
15	The adventure ties up a computer for quite a long time .
16	I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules .
17	Big undertakings like Sheffield and Worth only required twenty or thirty men each , and of course for just a few weeks at a time .
18	And of course for quite a while we were from .
19	Encore has been shipping Multimax superminis for over a year and has now sold ( and shipped ) two to the OSF 's development lab in Boston .
20	A single kiln , for instance , probably implies a potter 's presence for only a short period in the life of a settlement some may even have been itinerant or at best semi-residential , moving on once local demand had been satisfied .
21	A specialist in seventeenth-century Dutch art , he taught at Columbia University for nearly a decade .
22	Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines , making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place .
23	I 've just given the whole of life a miss for nearly a year , all because of bloody Adrian .
24	I 've been working with the deaf-aid for over a week , for God 's sake , and I realised how much I rely on it .
25	Hong Kong has been hanging in suspense for almost a fortnight over if Mr Patten would drop a self-imposed deadline for publication at the end of February so that talks with China could resume .
26	Even work experience for just a fortnight — such as an Earthwatch project — is worthwhile .
27	When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year .
28	He had been a share salesman for just a week and a half , and the deal put £200 in his pocket .
29	MANSUR MUHAMMAD AHMED RAJIH : a 34-year-old writer and poet , he was held without charge or trial for over a year before being sentenced to death in 1984 after an unfair trial on false criminal charges .
30	Those projects observed had been in progress for over a year and most had established a good opening strategy as might be expected from their ability to identify schools with good potential for change .