Example sentences of "a [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is plenty of height , it may be wise to straighten up and fly down wind a little to allow more room for the landing . |
| 2 | A little goes that way and then a very small amount goes that way . |
| 3 | All in all it could be a long haul this season . |
| 4 | I have in mind How To Read , a disastrously misnamed little treatise , since its real subject is How to Write , and it is addressed to what Pound called ( with the engagingly dated Edwardian elegance that he never wholly shed ) ‘ the neophyte ’ — that is to say , to the young American writer who wants to know as soon as possible , though at the expense of considerable exertion which he is prepared for , how to assemble his kit of tools for the job in hand and others that he can dimly foresee . |
| 5 | Philip Ndegwa is a highly respected former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya . |
| 6 | That 's a desperately needs this job . |
| 7 | Only Salvatore Spinelli , a lawyer who represents many of the city 's private hauliers , is able to say with a straight face that intimidation is ‘ a myth ’ . |
| 8 | Each piece is a carefully crafted little jewel , with polished facets that flint , or maybe elude the eye 'till second time around . |
| 9 | TACP , based at the South Harrington Building , a beautifully re-styled former timber warehouse at the Brunswick Business Park , received the Urban Renewal Award for outstanding work in reversing the process of urban decay in the Canning Conservation area with a particular mention of their work at Blackburne Terrace . |
| 10 | Its base is a beautifully restored former school , where Harry once staged his show . |
| 11 | With other Highlands and Islands MPs , he has signed an early day motion in the Commons objecting to a recently granted Several Order , a little-used mechanism which can entitle an individual or company to exclusive farming rights on the sea bed . |
| 12 | To achieve this it separated operational and functional responsibilities within the practice and brought in outside professional managers who were non-accountants : principally Ray Pierce ex-chief executive of the Mortgage Corporation and a former general manager of American Express — as chief executive , and Mel Smaje , a quietly determined former rugby player with experience in the pharmaceutical and computer industries , as director of human resources . |
| 13 | We had made an early start that morning and after a long stiff climb up a bare hillside entered a forest of wild olives and massive juniper trees resembling cedars , many of them festooned with lichen . |
| 14 | The Pizza Express London league got off to an early start this year with a shortened programme . |
| 15 | I came aboard last night ready for an early start this morning and I saw no reason to change my plans . ’ |
| 16 | Well , no , they were , me Mum an that paid any way . |