Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 2 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 3 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 4 | Eminent Victorians and gardeners who visited her by now famous Munstead Wood home found her wearing two pairs of spectacles . |
| 5 | In the week before work began I prepared three documents . |
| 6 | The judge ordered him to do 120 hours community service , saying you wo n't do it again , I hope you can put it all behind you . |
| 7 | He totted up the number of points according to guidelines worked out by Denplan with categories from A to E. In my case , the extent of dental work meant I scored 158 points , putting me in the most expensive category , E. |
| 8 | Shortly before the second anniversary of her wedding Mrs Tristan Gage suffered a miscarriage which kept her in bed for several cosseted days surrounded by every possible luxury and attention , including the embarrassed affection of her husband who had rather more idea how mares and hound bitches might feel at such moments than women , and the deep concern of her mother who , throughout her own twenty-six years of marriage had herself miscarried eight times . |
| 9 | A Maryland medical board ordered him to perform 100 hours of service in an Aids clinic . |
| 10 | But the court heard he passed SIX slip roads where he could have turned off . |
| 11 | The FTSE Index was 18 points up at 10pm but this was later halved before a later rally saw it close 12.1 points up at 2363.5 . |
| 12 | The public analyst found it contained 14 beetles , 24 larvae and nine pupal cases , also that it had the characteristics of the Australian beetle , which attacks and infests dried food products . |
| 13 | A study of vegetables from Warsaw 's Ochota district showed they contained 16 mg of lead per kg — eight times higher than the maximum safety level permitted by the World Health Organization . |
| 14 | Where their flesh touched she became one thing with him . |
| 15 | An inspector said he believed 150 tubs of the cream were sold in Fermanagh and Tyrone without prescription over a five-month period ending April 1992 . |
| 16 | But within the S S A , the government expected us to have three point nine million receipts . |
| 17 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 18 | To date , the Black Crowes ' track record includes album sales of over five million for their ‘ Shake Your Money Maker ’ debut , a Grammy nomination and two MTV Awards , while their first tour saw them performing 350 dates to a total audience of over five million people . |
| 19 | A home Office pathologist said he noted seventeen injuries to Hannah ; s head . |
| 20 | A fight ensued which left one man dead , one crippled for life and several with lasting scars . |
| 21 | Er mum did you get two tins ? |
| 22 | The hospital confirmed he spent 40 minutes having his injuries examined . |
| 23 | Fortunately he had been taken in by his mother 's father up to the age of six , living in a cottage by Denbigh castle ; but after this grandfather died he spent nine years as a child in St Asaph workhouse . |
| 24 | Roy Fredericks 's second century helped him pass 500 runs for the series , although Richards and Greenidge still finished above him in the aggregates and averages . |
| 25 | The arrest of King had been videotaped by an amateur cameraman , and the resulting footage showed him receiving 56 baton blows and being brutally kicked by police . |
| 26 | The company said it shipped 50,000 revenue systems , a first-quarter record up 16% , including 13,000 Sparcstation 2s , 15,000 IPXs and 12,000 assorted . |
| 27 | The 53-year-old captain and his crew began their epic adventure to sail in the wake of Colummbus , at 8pm on Wednesday evening , but an injured crew member forced them to land two hours later 21 miles down the cost . |
| 28 | His mother permitted herself to use one weekend visit from the strictly observed quota to see him . |