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Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	A route not to take unless you know no fear , is to walk straight up the sweeping southern flanks of the hill , which will leave you giddy and hanging on to craggy , near-vertical terrain with your teeth .
2	Arguments about the quality of particular animals in a payment scarcely arose when the payment was in a standardized currency : no one asked , ‘ Well now , which of these dinars do you promise me ? ’
3	When we reach midlife , our bodies need a bit more care than when we were younger .
4	I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly .
5	He saddles Wajiba Riva in the Coventry and warned : ‘ Stonehatch will have a bit more to beat than he did when winning at York . ’
6	Erm it may be some will be not so easy need a bit more work and some of them 'll be sort of in the middle .
7	seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time .
8	He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice .
9	Right after that you 'll learn that once the bird is stabilised in the dive it 's all too easy to be a bit late recovering and end up pulling g .
10	either a bit off putting or a bit slow or a bit , you know , all sorts
11	A classic example of the latter category is a decision not to appoint or not to promote an employee or office holder or to fail an examinee .
12	A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed .
13	When we are sinned against we have a decision either to forgive or harbour resentment .
14	The jurisdiction to quash a decision only exists when there has in fact been an error of law .
15	It might therefore have been recommended were it not that it would take someone already well-versed in galactic studies to interpret a text badly translated and poorly proof-read , abounding in misspellings and obscure turns of phrase .
16	Raymond Williams puts it like this : it was argued that man 's spiritual health depended on a kind of education which was more than a training for some specialized work , a kind variously described as ‘ liberal ’ , ‘ humane ’ or ‘ cultural ’ .
17	He suffered , like Vincent , from depressive attacks , of a kind now seen as indicating acute anxiety neurosis .
18	It says it can accept these only under protest , a response apparently regarded as ungracious .
19	A cheque subsequently arrived and was sent back immediately ’ .
20	Cars may be taken as far as the Hall and , with permission , parked there , a concession especially appreciated when returning .
21	This is a technique often used that leads to a quick and simple answer .
22	I have a certificate here proving that you married Bertha Mason in the West Indies fifteen years ago . ’
23	I have a look round to see if Simon 's there , but I ca n't see him .
24	He stopped working , had a look round to see if anyone was watching — I was pretending not to look at him — and then he held his head .
25	So I 'll just , have a look round to see if who , who 's done what .
26	He raised his black eyebrows in a look so disbelieving that she could only repeat what she 'd said .
27	What of a marriage of a male severely disfigured and without genitalia as a result of war or an accident ?
28	We all have a responsibility not to misuse or abuse anything , be it in any belief we may hold or driving a car .
29	One such dispute was settled by Marie with a verdict apparently asserting that true love can not exist between man and wife .
30	Each peak induces a cell locally to divide and form a bristle .