Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you known Marianne for long ? ’ |
| 2 | Phil Richardson , who died at King 's Norton , Birmingham on April 18 , aged 64 , was a stalwart of Moseley Ashfield for more than 25 years after the Second World War . |
| 3 | He 's got plenty enough on his plate at Swindon for now . |
| 4 | There was worse to come seconds before the whistle , when Irons hit his hat trick and Swindon for once were well beaten . |
| 5 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 6 | Rain , let's book into a hotel in Nice for tonight . ’ |
| 7 | Ian for once looked thoroughly discomposed . |
| 8 | As a result , I have booked the Welsh Young Farmers Pavilion on the Royal Welsh Showground , Llanelwedd for 7pm on Wednesday the 10th of June , in the hope that as many as possible can make it . |
| 9 | Denmark joined the EEC for much the same reasons as the British did : she wished to ensure that she was not excluded from a large ‘ home ’ market , particularly for her agricultural products . |
| 10 | It seems that he was content to stay as a house guest of Sir John Popham for quite a while , though it has been suggested he was thrown into a debtor 's prison shortly after the event . |
| 11 | Although it restricts the hunting season to three months ( ending on 31 January , not 10 March as before ) , it allows regional governments to alter the deadline . |
| 12 | Sweeney has worked at Pentonville for almost nine years and is in charge of the general kitchen floor . |
| 13 | ‘ He was Rainer Schickert for only a year and a few months — and mostly in hiding . |
| 14 | Although he engaged in some pastoral work in the years after his ordination , preaching and hearing confessions , his time was spent almost entirely in the papal civil service and , until the appointment to Germany for just over a decade , almost entirely in Rome . |
| 15 | We were , for example , the first company to comply with the ‘ Green Dot ’ requirement in Germany for environmentally friendly packaging . |
| 16 | Yet although the hardening of lines seems ominous in retrospect and the thin tie of Reinsurance could hardly have linked Russia and Germany for long , it could be argued that in 1888 Bismarck 's system was still successful . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been away from Germany for almost two weeks . |
| 18 | In September 1946 an assurance was finally given that American troops would stay in Germany for as long as necessary . |
| 19 | And socialist governments had worked well in West Germany for more than 10 years . |
| 20 | The Genc family , like the one in Mölln , had lived in Germany for more than 20 years . |
| 21 | No one was ever left in Masailand for so long again . |
| 22 | Damien Rosco has worked in the Design Office at Runcorn for nearly two years . |
| 23 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 24 | ‘ I was very angry at Phillip Island for about 20 minutes but after that I calmed down . |
| 25 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 26 | The Rural Wales Awards , sponsored by National Westminster Bank , can be given by the county branches of CPRW for practically anything that promotes environmental good practice , or displays design that is in harmony with the landscape , or that has served to restore an important landscape feature ( natural or man-made ) , or that is innovative or promotes better environmental awareness and understanding . |
| 27 | BRISTOL ROVERS began their fight for First Division survival yesterday by signing QPR 's Andy Tillson and Gary Waddock for nearly £500,000 . |
| 28 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 29 | Burgon and Ball have been making shears in Sheffield for over 200 . |
| 30 | TOPLESS model turned singer Sam Fox is suing her father Patrick for more than £1 million . |