Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] 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 | ‘ You could install it and with five minutes of training you could use it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If you are booking within 8 weeks of departure you must pay the full cost of your holiday immediately . |
| 24 | Unless an appeal is lodged within 28 days of sentencing he could be free in a little over two years . |
| 25 | In 40 years of film-making they have had not one disagreement . |
| 26 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 27 | Colin Dodge for ‘ Sorry chaps , you 're too late , Crooksy and Blain did it last week in a Mobile Adventure open canoe , ’ Eddie Cornfield for ‘ When Fred said we were paddling in two inches of water I thought he was joking ! ’ , |
| 28 | However , although these drugs heal 70–80 per cent of ulcers within four weeks of treatment they do not cure the underlying disease . |
| 29 | In fact there 's several chapters dedicated to software , particularly educational software and Toni Mitchell is obviously passionate about her subject … ‘ in 20 years of teaching I have never seen any teaching tool or method that captures the imagination and excites the enthusiasm and interest of the children as much as quality computer software . ’ |
| 30 | Eliot 's writings on poetry do not contain a systematic theory , but on two matters of principle he adopted a stance strongly opposed to that of Richards : he refused to accept either that poetry consisted in the use of emotive language , or that it was simply a vehicle for communicating the author 's experience to the reader . |