Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards the anatomical studies of late times , with very varied utilization of the microscope , and the otherwise greatly improved means of minute structural investigation , I need hardly say that , by them during the last thirty years , great parts of the science of disease have been completely transfigured . |
| 2 | We read , for instance , that Spalding ‘ has now a very neat and generally modern appearance , having more than doubled its population and buildings since 1811 , and most of its ancient houses and public buildings have been rebuilt ; many of them during the last twenty-five years ’ . |
| 3 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 4 | For inexperienced pilots flying in light winds , a good general rule is to allow a maximum of 3 miles ' glide per 1,000 feet with nothing for the last 1,000 feet . |
| 5 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 6 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 7 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 8 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 9 | You 've put up with me for the last ten days . ’ |
| 10 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 11 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 12 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 13 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 14 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 15 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 16 | We stand with them for the last gloomy minutes till the clock strikes the hour . |
| 17 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 18 | That does not mean we will hear nothing from them for the next 25 days . |
| 19 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 20 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 21 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 22 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 23 | People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’ |
| 24 | The set of changes by which during the last 700 years or so , for example : /ei : / became /i : / in words like see /i : / became/ai : / in words like time / / became / / in words like bone |
| 25 | Steinmark was still absent and he , Nordern , was doing two men 's work which annoyed him , particularly as he wanted to give the best possible impression of himself during the next few weeks . |
| 26 | It was ready for the further development of Capitalism as the means of assuring the exponential increase in production which the Industrial Revolution was making possible , the phenomenal expansion which for the next forty years was to be centred on a Britain uniquely the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth . |
| 27 | The North York Moors National Park committee has agreed to expand its Moorsbus service which for the last ten years has enabled visitors to get to the heart of the moors without congesting roads and villages with private cars . |
| 28 | Gloucester were very fortunate in getting a late penalty kick and in fact the very last kick of the game saw Tim Smith come up to get one point which for the last 35 minutes looked the most improbable result of all . |
| 29 | The purpose of his journey , which he revealed to the king 's sister , Adela , countess of Blois , was to excommunicate the king , ‘ for the injury which he had done to God and himself for the last two years and more . ’ |
| 30 | Neil Kinnock has won a standing ovation from the Labour Party faithful at their conference in Blackpool , by presenting himself as the next Prime Minister . |