Example sentences of "five [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After about five hours they could speak to each other on the radio , and Spencer asked the Islander pilot to flash his lights to establish contact . |
| 2 | For every five hours we spent hugger-mugger over The Dark Side of the Moon , we spent ten minutes listening to Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas . |
| 3 | After about five hours we dropped down on Athens in a soft rain . |
| 4 | Oh maybe a matter of four or five hours we 'd take here . |
| 5 | In five hours she 'd be marking Miguel O'Brien — a gnat trying to curb an elephant . |
| 6 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 7 | For five hours he did n't once open his mouth to offer advice or even give an opinion and , when he checked the takings at the end of the day , although we were two shillings and fivepence light from a usual Saturday , he still handed over the sixpenny piece he always gave me at the end of the week . |
| 8 | Okay and when it 's been travelling for five hours it goes through erm what 's another station up there ? let's say Carlisle something like that . |
| 9 | For five hours I had thought about and written about Machu Picchu at the highest level of my consciousness . |
| 10 | If I do that that 's five hours I 'll have built up in one week . |
| 11 | Every five minutes they would cadge a Bisonte from me , or a Lucky Strike from Dana . |
| 12 | They made no attempt to molest me in any way , and after having hugged the post for about five minutes they went over to see if any of the Museums were open . |
| 13 | After five minutes they were well away from the school , chasing along the road , laughing and yelling as they pitched the ball back and forth between them . |
| 14 | And for about five minutes they rave about how flattered they are , a little bemused but clearly touched . |
| 15 | It was not a pleasant situation to deal with in a sea like that , but Sam issued his orders quickly and with complete confidence : the sail was lowered , a new sheet bent on , a reef taken , and the sail rehoisted , so that within the space of five minutes they were on their way again , and the Gribbin was drawing abeam . |
| 16 | In less than five minutes they were in the coach on their way to the address . |
| 17 | but by the time they 've stood for five minutes they are . |
| 18 | After about five minutes we went into the final check room where we stayed for what seemed ages , most of us in our pre-race trances now , nobody speaking , just moving about , staying loose . |
| 19 | Here in five minutes we have combined an art and nature study experience . |
| 20 | In five minutes we 'll come back and take you to the medical centre for more tests . ’ |
| 21 | Like I mean if I like five minutes we 're all down |
| 22 | Peter Yeo felt a headache starting , and felt the familiar pressure just above the right eye worsen with the realization that in precisely five minutes he would be needed in a meeting . |
| 23 | Within five minutes he had gone , leaving Edward to try to decipher the hieroglyphics of his prescriptions . |
| 24 | After about five minutes he saw a strange sight of what he took to be three men approaching ; he challenged them in the usual way and shouted , ‘ Halt or I fire . ’ |
| 25 | For the next five minutes he pounded frustratingly at the seal lining , the task not made any easier by the rhythmic rocking of the train as it sped through the rain . |
| 26 | Mr. Crowther had his offices in an old house farther down the High Street on the other side , and in five minutes he and Sara and Matthew had walked down and were standing outside the big black door of Moorlake House . |
| 27 | I think erm Winston Churchill when he went for his Eton exam or the entrance exam to Eton or something and erm y'know they asked some question and he and he goes on and erm after five minutes he wrote his name , very neatly , right ? |
| 28 | In five minutes he showed his menace with a sharp turn which left Mike Galloway standing . |
| 29 | When you 've been in London five minutes you never want to leave … |
| 30 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |