Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [det] [noun pl] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 2 | ‘ For the last few years we have been seriously handicapped by the fact that our second team have been unable to compete regularly against quality opposition . |
| 3 | For the next few days we made love with a kindliness and consideration we had never experienced before . |
| 4 | If these operations are to be distributed evenly across our region , for the next few months we should concentrate on patients from other health districts ( assuming equal clinical priority ) . |
| 5 | During the next few days we lost my pony , two of our riding mules and five more baggage mules . |
| 6 | That is why during the next few weeks we shall be embarked on considering the extent to which we can change it to the benefit of all . |
| 7 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
| 8 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 9 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 10 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 11 | I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges . |
| 12 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
| 13 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 14 | In the next few pages we explain more about the difficulties which can occur — and how you can protect your business against them . |
| 15 | We 're constantly reworking songs and I imagine in the next few months we 'll probably be reworking members too . |
| 16 | Textiles workers , Greater London Staff Association , Apex , tailor and garment workers , they were all wooed by other unions but they all had the good sense to merge into the G M B. In the next few months we 'll be joined by members of E F T A T. I am delighted that the Special E F T A T Conference voted in favour of the G M B. I welcome that decision and I pay tribute to the many colleagues who worked so hard to achieve that victory . |
| 17 | ‘ In the next few months we will see what the public think we should spend our money on , as we look at the results of a survey . ’ |
| 18 | In the last few years we have been promised ( and in the UK have never actually been given ) ready-made video programmes on EVR , requiring one set of equipment , and on videodisc , requiring another . |
| 19 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 20 | Over the last few issues we 've been focusing on minor scales and their application . |
| 21 | well you know over the last few weeks we know that er |
| 22 | Over the last few years we had worked out a system of radio communication and coded grid references for use in joint exercises and actual operations against smuggling . |
| 23 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 24 | Now er over the last few days we 've been er talking quite a lot about er that statue you know the one that 's down by er down by Marks and Spencers that 's the best way to describe where it is the leaf stand the er the one that looks like a tulip and water dribbles down the side of it . |
| 25 | Over the next few months we talked and prayed about it and in the Spring we submitted applications for staffing on the King 's Lodge Base at Nuneaton , starting in April 1993 . |
| 26 | So over the next few months we 'll be looking at the underlying organization of Windows from a practical point of view ; showing you exactly how to install , run and remove applications ( and other things , like printer drivers ) from Windows . |
| 27 | Over the next few months we planned when to go , who to take , who to contact and why . |
| 28 | Now we 're going to say a temporary goodbye , because over the next few months we need to consolidate all that we have learned . |
| 29 | Over the next few years we want to see a major reform which will help provide what the public wants and needs : a visible , local police presence . |
| 30 | Over the next few years we were to see the terminal in all its stages of construction on our various visits to Scapa Flow and we were to become very familiar with Flotta not only in the earlier days , but later when the terminal was operational and our crews began their real work of checking the large tankers . |