Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 2 | Of course , whether people are refused credit because of their probable inability to repay , or whether they do not apply for it because they expect refusal on the same grounds , the results are the same . |
| 3 | If you are not aware that your eating habits change depending on the time of your menstrual cycle , it would be worth keeping diary for a few months to check . |
| 4 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 5 | It also has access to the many years of experience on domestic credit underwriting in Holland from its parent company . |
| 6 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 7 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 8 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 9 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 10 | So that 's all got to happen and can we expect that the improvements that have been made now to the syst to the management of this process will not give rise to the same delays that occurred in getting this system flight safe . |
| 11 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 12 | er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house |
| 13 | With this technique it is possible to restrict activation to a few cells and , by simultaneously monitoring single unit activity through a nearby recording electrode , establish the extent of spread of effective stimulation . |
| 14 | The plaintiff had originally brought the action also against other defendants , seeking relief in the same terms as against the fourth and fifth defendants , but before action came to trial those defendants Norfolk Line Ltd. , Kent Line Ltd. , Transit Freights Ltd. and Britholdings Ltd. , ceased to be parties to the action . |
| 15 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
| 16 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 17 | She hoped to announce a new initiative to tackle unemployment within a few weeks . |
| 18 | I shall give way in a few moments . |
| 19 | Could Belfast be said in this sense to be a single speech community separate from Lurgan ? or do Lurgan speakers show sensitivity to the same sets of variables ? |
| 20 | With ammunition stockpiles only sufficient to sustain combat for a few days , a lack of the requisite support crafts to service warships and insufficient wartime defence contingencies analysts said that future five-year plans needed to consolidate the qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of the Defence Forces . |
| 21 | The normal stopping method is to let the motor run at idling speed for a few seconds before depressing the ignition switch . |
| 22 | The research has drawn attention to the many ways of creating worthwhile opportunities for talk and collaboration , for learning in a group and as a group other than structuring tasks for cooperative working . |
| 23 | VCT Chairman Chris Smyth paid tribute to the many members who had helped with the project with special thanks to Jackie and Mike Cope who were the prime movers behind the museum . |
| 24 | The little dark Seychelles sunbird was flitting about , sipping nectar from the many blossoms . |
| 25 | I HAVE had sex with a few girls but I do n't think that they found this experience very satisfying . |
| 26 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 27 | But the CTCs have been criticised by opponents who say the Government has lavished money on a few pupils at the expense of others throughout the country . |
| 28 | Jennifer Coates suggests it is a mistake to treat single-sex and mixed-sex interaction in the same terms . |
| 29 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 30 | In Committee we shall draw attention to the many anomalies that are already beginning to pile up . |