Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles 's charters include 19 grants ( 15 of them dating from the second half of the reign ) of rights over markets , often specified as weekly markets rather than annual fairs . |
| 2 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
| 3 | An antediluvian handful of hon. Members , many of them retiring at the next election , are not keen on these matters , but they are a diminishing and insignificant number . |
| 4 | And he er he 'd made all that lace , well then instead of him going in the First World War and making the net which was used you see his lace trade all went . |
| 5 | The Alte Post is old , parts of it dating from the mid-sixteenth century . |
| 6 | Let's see if we can refine those like us looking at the first two lines of the play . |
| 7 | But he was elusive , and she could only fill the long minutes with a pretence of animation as she was absorbed into a group of Heather 's relations , something inside her dying by the second as time passed and Luke kept his distance . |
| 8 | Neither are West Ham fans likely to agree with his saying : ‘ Our supporters are only interested in us getting into the next round . ’ |