Example sentences of "[prep] several [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After several pints he suddenly startled the whole pub by saying in a loud , benevolent voice , ‘ And a Little Child shall lead Them . ’ |
| 2 | After several minutes it calmed down . |
| 3 | After several minutes he rose and walked to the shelf where he kept some personal books , among them the family bible , bearing the signature of his father and his grandfather and his great-grandfather . |
| 4 | After several warnings he was called to the front of the class , told to hold out his hand and caned by Miss Smith with the flat of a foot ruler . |
| 5 | I became so worried that we went to our G.P. and after several visits he suggested an allergy to cows milk : so we tried a milk free diet ( its harder than you think once you start looking at contents labels ) . |
| 6 | Newspaper accounts of open-cast coal workings led him to Cowdenbeath in Fife and after several visits he found the remains he was locking for . |
| 7 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 8 | After several discussions she said she realised the importance of protein and vitamin C to promote healing and in which foods they were contained . |
| 9 | Eventually , after several weeks they reach the sea and there they begin swimming in a more determined way , seeking food . |
| 10 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 11 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 12 | After several tries she gave up and wept a pool of panicky , frustrated tears . |
| 13 | After several months she moves into her flat . |
| 14 | After several seconds he grunted and nodded , dropping the diamond into the open-topped canvas bag . |
| 15 | Says Murray : ‘ I was my room with a pal and after several drinks I started doing conjuring tricks — making cigarettes and bottle tops disappear . |
| 16 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |
| 17 | After several years I finished my punishment , and so I was allowed to work for myself . |
| 18 | He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year . |
| 19 | Over the years with the help of several experts I 've learnt the secrets of the make-up artists : how to highlight the areas of the face that are assets and how to cover the less flattering features ! |
| 20 | With the help of several Frenchmen he eventually reached Spain , but this neutral country 's police handed him back to the Gestapo . |
| 21 | I had witnessed Sister Kenny 's unusual treatment when I went to see her at work at Queen Mary 's Hospital for Children in Carshalton , one of several hospitals we had visited during our advanced student days . |
| 22 | For the base Chaplain , this was just one of several funerals he 'll be presiding over during the next few days . |
| 23 | One trader happened to have a case of brylcream in stock and over the course of several months he saw the retail price of his 144 jars increase : it doubled , trebled , eventually quintupled . |
| 24 | Bishop John Fordham in 1384 appointed Lewyn a commissioner of array for the city of Durham , and with several partners he was granted the borough of Durham to farm , and he was also engaged in the export of wool overseas . |
| 25 | And Anglican laymen in America may have felt that a bishop from across the ocean would be harder to influence than the local clergy , many of whom were American by origin , though in several cases they had gone to Britain to complete their education . |
| 26 | In particular , since in several cases it seems to involve a conflict of time reference , we must note that what is involved is not the same as a superficially rather similar phenomenon which was the subject of a useful discussion by Bach ( 1968 ) — all the more so because some of his examples are ambiguous and could also be covered by this case . |
| 27 | The appeals committee rarely disagrees with decisions of the control and disciplinary committee and in several cases it has actually increased the punishment . |
| 28 | In several studies it has been suggested that gastrointestinal function is related to blood glucose concentrations . |
| 29 | In several circumstances it has been reported that the ability of a DNA binding factor to modulate transcriptional activity can be controlled by the interaction with other factors . |
| 30 | In several instances I have observed women successfully give an impression of being about ten years younger than they really are , until a major event happens in their lives , a death in the family perhaps , or a divorce . |