Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I 'm just being traditional in my tastes ; it is probably important to watch the compilation in small doses and not sit through the whole three hours as I did . |
| 2 | These strange survivals from pre-history the golomianka , were no doubt nosing around the wreck of Old Prince Khilkov 's locomotive which had plunged through the ice eighty years ago . |
| 3 | Millions who applied for the minimum 100 shares in the great water sell-off are likely today to be told their applications are being met in full despite a huge oversubcription to the £5.24billion privatisation . |
| 4 | But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah . |
| 5 | If you wish you know but I mean during the week nine times |
| 6 | The outcome of this work , which was carried out just after candidates had enrolled for the Batch 1 courses , is still awaited . |
| 7 | He was nominated for an Oscar eight times — not many actors have achieved that . |
| 8 | Indeed , their aversion to being in a small cage appears to increase during the initial three months of caging , so they certainly do not adapt quickly to these restrictions . |
| 9 | But Mr Thomas emphatically denied this to The People , stressing that he had resigned as a trustee two years ago . |
| 10 | Mr Austin said little at the inquest but told police in an earlier statement he had been squeezed off the road three times by the coach onto the central reservation . |
| 11 | If y stands for a number , then y + y + y + y stands for a number 4 times larger than y . |
| 12 | ‘ Because there 's nothing else anyone could possibly want to know about a man three days dead . |
| 13 | Madougou had been blamed for an incident three weeks earlier , on Feb. 9 , when police opened fire on a demonstration in Niamey , the capital , by students protesting about the implementation of a government austerity plan for the education system , which envisaged cuts in scholarships and employment opportunities for graduates . |
| 14 | But on Wednesday and Thursday it caused queues of its own when 100 people attended the JobCentre to be interviewed for the initial eight jobs . |
| 15 | As he leaped for the null-grav shaft , he caught sight of the prisoner thrashing through the air two storeys above . |
| 16 | ‘ He has been in and out of the side since signing as an amateur three years ago but in the past couple of weeks has taken the game by the scruff of the neck . ’ |
| 17 | Robert Cripps is a director of Cohere Limited , which holds as an investment 1,963,528 shares in Velcro — or 65%/ of the share capital . |
| 18 | Our Minister Mr. Robinson entred as a subscriber three years past and one man was sent and was soon sent back uncucarable which year was as I understand settled and a Declaration was sent to Declair off … |
| 19 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 20 | As the race headed towards the final 10 laps , he was in second place , but under serious pressure from Piquet 's Benetton and the fast-approaching Ferrari of his team-mate . |
| 21 | West Ham hit back with a memorable goal from Robson , and Alvin Martin came close to snatching an undeserved point when he headed against a post three minutes from time . |
| 22 | He moved into a flat 100 yards away and remained a frequent visitor . |
| 23 | Andrew moved into the semi nine months ago to look after his wheelchair-bound dad Clifford , 71 . |
| 24 | erm There is a general concern I think with multiple occupancy that there 's , a whole way of life of East Oxford is changing , and not for the better , and indeed I was part of this when I moved into the area ten years ago . |
| 25 | When the Bishops moved into the house 10 years ago , it had been on the market for 18 months and had become very run down . |
| 26 | Susie had come from a village ten miles from the Oxfordshire market town in which the school was placed : her previous village primary school had had two teachers ; her experience in that school at a younger more protected age seemed to her less interesting and more childish . |
| 27 | These 10 places will in the main come from the middle 549 clubs who by their status do not qualify for the Cup . |
| 28 | The man was speaking two days after his 14-year-old daughter was attacked in a garden 100 yards from her home in Lanchester , Co Durham . |
| 29 | But Reilly will want old hands Ellery Hanley , Martin Offiah and skipper Garry Schofield to steady the side in the intense atmosphere expected in the opening 20 minutes . |
| 30 | WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD 30 YEARS AGO |