Example sentences of "[prep] ten [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more . |
| 2 | Disappointed , he returns to his rooms and consoles himself by looking through his collection of photographs of ten boys he has loved . |
| 3 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 4 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 5 | ‘ Do you want me to oxygenate it for you ? in he asked , ‘ I know what I 'm doing , I 've kept fish for ten years.in He waited for my look of amazement at his expertise . |
| 6 | For ten hours he watches the lovely squirrel lips , the high , paysanne cheekbones , the smoky eyes , the darkly glowing hair , the nervously crossed legs , the langoustine fingers , the half-risen , brioche breasts . |
| 7 | For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel , illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage . |
| 8 | For ten years he had been her constant companion . |
| 9 | For ten years he had lived this lonely life , his heart full of sadness and his head full of dark dreams . |
| 10 | For ten years he combined his work at the hospital with a specialist practice in mental deficiency at Earlswood . |
| 11 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 12 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 13 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |
| 14 | They put their cases in the boot and within ten minutes he was leaving the outskirts of Brussels , heading east for Liège — the opposite direction to Bruges . |
| 15 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 16 | Within ten minutes he was back . |
| 17 | He liked their deference and he liked their gin , and within ten minutes he was explaining to them exactly how the daily supply of crosswords in a newspaper was maintained . |
| 18 | Within ten seconds he saw the silhouette of someone approaching beyond the glass . |
| 19 | Within ten years he had conquered the other tribes along the Mad Dog Pass and subjugated the Night Goblin tribes that lived around and under Thunder Mountain . |
| 20 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 21 | In ten days he aims to teach the six to walk properly on a lead , sit when told , lie down and stay and return to their owners from any distraction . |
| 22 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 23 | But er he , he ca n't wait to get back , well he says he 's now ten days to ten days he told me . |