Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been so in the MDC , although efforts were made to foster links with the now-defunct metropolitan county ( Boaden , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | When the cab came , Charles left in a surge of family effusiveness , and then , feeling like the hero of some of the terrible thriller films he 'd been in during the fifties , he told the driver to go to Steen 's home instead . |
| 3 | Research identified that retailers were using cheap methods of display which had been around since the 1950's . |
| 4 | ‘ Giles said he and Ursula had been out with the two of you . |
| 5 | Teachers may find that terminology which is intended to clarify is sometimes on the one hand , over-prescriptive or , on the other , so indefinite as to be confusing . |
| 6 | I believe the disposition of the rooms and the view we had was much like the one Jean-Claude had had throughout his childhood . |
| 7 | Lick and stick stamps have been around since the 1840s , but by the turn of the century it 's thought self-adhesives will be the norm . |
| 8 | We have been here since the 1950s , it 's going to be tough . |
| 9 | Because they 've been split between school , between young classes , my daughter 's been in with the eight year olds . |