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

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1 She too exhibits both a fascination and a scepticism with regard to structuralist theories of the text , manifest in Thru as a healthy mistrust of theory whenever it becomes over-systematic .
2 For instance , he observed expansions of English foreign trade on about a 50-year cycle from the 1790s to 1810 , from 1842 to 1873 , and from 1893 to 1914 , each separated by periods of consolidation .
3 I mean I do that with a , you know when I 'm sort of on about a long delivery talk about
4 You were always the one that was on about a regular life . ’
5 Well , they broke through on about a forty mile stretch Where they really gained ground is up towards Arras , they made about five miles there , and down around St Quentin .
6 But the imbalance grows on you , even if structurally it may not be such a good idea , since some very squat buttresses on the left-hand or north wall had to be built on during a partial restoration of the building in the last century .
7 The managing director of Oxford United said the club will fight on for a new stadium , despite planning problems .
8 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
9 With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide
10 THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory .
11 The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte .
12 The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
13 He has now been accepted for a transplant operation at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the search is on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
14 Behind the scenes , apparently unknown to the minister and BT , there is a hunt on for a suitable candidate , probably Prince Philip or Prince Charles .
15 But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
16 In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens .
17 A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor .
18 I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’
19 Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry .
20 I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration .
21 They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey .
22 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
23 History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War .
24 The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time .
25 This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day .
26 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
27 ‘ It dragged on for a long time afterwards .
28 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
29 The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games .
30 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
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