Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun] of [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything . |
| 3 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 4 | After 18 months of treatment he was clear of TB and able to complete the immigration procedures . |
| 5 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 9 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 10 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 11 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 12 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |
| 13 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 14 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 15 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 16 | Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John . |
| 17 | Out of 105 items of prey he examined , only 7 were pieces of lamb compared with 3 entire fox bodies and 25 rabbits . |
| 18 | Write down the names of four records/pieces of music you would use in advertisements . |
| 19 | being shouted at running nine miles with three tonne of stuff you 'll never use on your back |
| 20 | ‘ You could install it and with five minutes of training you could use it . |
| 21 | Unless we dissolve a granule directly in 1.75 litres of water we will never actually reach the next LM level but simply continue towards the potency level determined by the dilution factor . |
| 22 | In ten years of programming I now have many companies utilising database applications for names and addresses , every one of them would have benefited by including Rapid Address within the database . |
| 23 | However , if within 6 weeks of departure you change your booking to a later date , the cancellation charges will apply as shown in paragraph 4 unless the new holiday departs on or before the original departure date , when the normal fee of £12 per person will be charged . |
| 24 | Quite apart from the fact that the hardware was working within one hour of delivery we found that the basic functions of each of the packages had been picked up in less than a day . |
| 25 | If you hatch adults from one kind of plant they need plants of the other type to lay their eggs on . |
| 26 | From one class of variation it was concluded that ‘ each brooch was made from its individual model ’ ( ibid. , p. 30 ) . |
| 27 | From one point of view we all know probably what is meant by this : the importance of not allowing one 's own stance to block the way to understanding someone else 's . |
| 28 | From one point of view I agree — I do not think we should be concerned about teaching a basic kit of factual information . |
| 29 | Yeah I think so I must admit from one point of view I 'm quite glad that I have n't passed cos |
| 30 | From one point of view it might not matter , for the paragraphs are in part devised to give the reader information . |