Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] [prep] [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 | After six weeks in hospital she was allowed back home . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | After 18 months of treatment he was clear of TB and able to complete the immigration procedures . |
| 8 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 13 | After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks . |
| 14 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 15 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 16 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 17 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 20 | After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy . |
| 21 | But he pulled through , and after 14 months in hospital he was finally allowed home . |
| 22 | After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | At densities of 120 persons per acre it was estimated that between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the population would have to be flat dwellers . |
| 25 | Out of 105 items of prey he examined , only 7 were pieces of lamb compared with 3 entire fox bodies and 25 rabbits . |
| 26 | He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week , he lives with his parents and pays a board of twenty pounds per week he 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty . |
| 27 | Write down the names of four records/pieces of music you would use in advertisements . |
| 28 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |
| 29 | The canal map is easy to follow showing locks and numbered bridges , and at an average speed of two miles per hour you wo n't feel the need to hurry . |
| 30 | He put her on probation for three years on condition she remained an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital . |