Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the good ones might remain for only a matter of months . |
| 2 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 3 | He would stay for just an hour or so and then gather up the equipment and disappear . |
| 4 | Thus , the first ischaemic episode primarily translocates PKC into the membranes , where it will stay for about an hour . |
| 5 | She heard the question and did n't answer for quite a while , just looked at me . |
| 6 | The assembly , in which all parties receiving more than 5 per cent of the vote would have seats on a proportional basis , would thus act as both a constitution-making body and as a legislative assembly . |
| 7 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 8 | In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil . |
| 9 | It would seem to be that there is still an enormously long way to go before anyone can predict with even a reasonable amount of confidence that the security of the event will not be a problem . |
| 10 | In the above excluded instances the MAS team will remain an important member of the client 's team , acting as a catalyst/manager of the process , but the lead role as far as the public are concerned would fall to either a merchant bank or stockbroker with suitable experience in the public arena . |
| 11 | Today , Mr Rafsanjani can count on only a handful of technocrats in the Majlis ; even his own ministers sometimes desert him . |
| 12 | " Oh , I think I can count on about a hundred , " said the bear . |
| 13 | ‘ To put the economic aspect into perspective , it would need at least a doubling of the price of energy to make some of the supply options attractive to investors . ’ |
| 14 | Fingers has a certain visual appeal , but you do need at least a 386 and 3Mb of memory to run it . |
| 15 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 16 | To make the best use of Windows you will need at least a 386SX based computer with as much memory as you can afford . |
| 17 | To use VidiPC you will need at least a 286 AT computer with 640Kb of RAM and a hard disk with enough room to store several images . |
| 18 | It 's argued that you 'd need at least a force of eighty thousand troops , that 's in Bosnia . |
| 19 | The files tend to be very large , so you 'll need at least an 80Mb hard drive . |
| 20 | Graphics should include at least a display board featuring the product literature . |
| 21 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 22 | Once dissolved , there is no Parliament until the next one meets ; it is yet another endearingly eccentric feature of the constitution of this cradle of democracy that its law provides that , at least once in every five years , it shall undergo at least a short spell of autocracy . |
| 23 | Exports , at Z$1.5 billion , would fall by nearly a third . |
| 24 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 25 | ‘ Charlotte can think of just a handful of resorts that offer the best skiing for all standards … ’ etc . |
| 26 | He did n't speak for nearly a minute ; the DDA sat quietly , knowing this was not the time to interrupt his thoughts . |
| 27 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
| 28 | The torch is switched on by twisting the head and you can choose between either a narrow or wide beam . |
| 29 | e. we can only choose between so a and sew a once we know that the following word is seam ) . |
| 30 | Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful . |