Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’ |
| 5 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 6 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |
| 7 | As we discuss the changing role of the traditional high-street off-licence , it is all too plain that none of the first six customers have browsed or bought wine or done what the market research says they should be doing . |
| 8 | It is not clear whether it is the limited powers of the Tribunal or the wide powers of the Government which led to none of the first sixty-eight complaints to the Tribunal being upheld . |
| 9 | It is perhaps significant that none of the last four Lord Chief Justices — Lords Goddard , Parker , Widgery and Lane — had been law officers . |
| 10 | The latest is comedian Freddie Starr , who also claims to remember ‘ working my b******* off for next to nothing under the last Labour government ’ ( can you work out what the asterisks stand for ? ) |
| 11 | He did n't know when he 'd be back and she should cancel everything for the next several days . |
| 12 | The subject of travel concessions has been a controversial one for the last few months . |
| 13 | Having given up all hope of getting hold of a man for herself alone , she would be prepared to share one as the next best thing . |
| 14 | In a house facing there and her son was one of then Caernarfon er what do you call them er militia like and they had to go talking with me and a little One of the first little motor cars like this . |
| 15 | Something like the last few sentences must however have been at least a part of Tolkien 's intention . |
| 16 | We 're not g gon na get one within the next few years . |
| 17 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
| 18 | Tell me something in the last eight years that I 've said . |
| 19 | ‘ Tell me something in the last eight years that I 've said . |
| 20 | The role of film licences has become an increasingly prominent one in the last few years . |
| 21 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 22 | On the Poll Tax , they rejected non-payment but failed to provide an option for people except NUNGE , nothing until the next general election . |
| 23 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 24 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 25 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 26 | The Parish population , always minimal , had sunk to nil after the last two men had been hung for sheep-stealing . |
| 27 | My mother had four children she had bring up , without anything for the first two years , how the hell she managed it , I do n't know ! |
| 28 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |
| 30 | Every time I 've asked him to do anything in the last three days , I ca n't , working out the quiz . |