Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well this is for different kinds of metal you see |
| 2 | For some languages of expressions it will be possible in general to decide these facts ( though perhaps not very efficiently ) , and in any reasonable language thee should be wide classes of pairs of expressions whose equivalence is decidable . |
| 3 | Instead they enter college wedded through their own experience to an implicit theory of schooling and teaching that will serve as a working template for some groups of pupils they teach , but which will be wildly inappropriate for others . |
| 4 | It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject . |
| 5 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 6 | She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything . |
| 7 | After six weeks in hospital she was allowed back home . |
| 8 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 9 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ After three months of negotiations we had exhausted all avenues . |
| 11 | Inevitably , I saw the prison through the eyes of a western visitor , but after three months in India I had acquired at least a superficial understanding of the country and its penal philosophy . |
| 12 | After three months in hospital he returns to the car park , seeks out the girl and gives her another ticket with time left on it . |
| 13 | After 18 months of treatment he was clear of TB and able to complete the immigration procedures . |
| 14 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 15 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 16 | After 5 days in Rotorua we went south to Taupo , a disappointing touristy place except for a lovely walk to the Huka Falls beside the crystal-clear , swirling waters of the Waikato River , and a visit to Cherry Island ( in the river ) where you are warmly greeted by numerous tame animals and birds as you roam around . |
| 17 | After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes . |
| 18 | I remember Malc 's rum punch days ( rum — and punch anything ) and his Yorkshire lad days ( 14 pints , a black pudding and domino puke ) ; now he 's matured to a steady G. & T. In the absence of Lucozade I order a Coke and Kenneth a beer , and after ten minutes of chat we leave for our appointment , promising to rejoin them later . |
| 19 | Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina . |
| 20 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |
| 21 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 22 | After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks . |
| 23 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 24 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 25 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 26 | After five years in Yorkshire he was transferred to Manchester City for £56,000 and a year later made the fateful move to Torino . |
| 27 | After five years in Vienna he taught in Trieste , Greece and Moldavia before studying philosophy in Halle . |
| 28 | After several days in Nairobi he took the train to Mombasa where he caught a ship to England ; there , soon after my brother Dermot was born , he rejoined my mother . |
| 29 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 30 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |