Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're right into the teeth of it over the first five holes . |
| 2 | All junior pupils will be involved in the planting and each of the five school houses will be responsible for a section , taking care of it for the next few years . |
| 3 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 4 | ( But the new tube was less sure of itself , and revised versions of it during the next few months whiplashed over the map of south London like a demented snake . ) |
| 5 | So , you know we 've got a week now to maybe watch the T V tonight , watch the goals again tomorrow , enjoy what we 've just done , but erm some hard work ahead of it in the next few weeks . |
| 6 | If the Labour party is abdicating the right to retain foreign and defence policy in this country , it is not speaking for the country , and the Government will exploit that against it in the next general election . |
| 7 | Almondsbury came more into it as the last twenty minutes came and erm forced a few corners ; Banbury had probably the more chances of getting the elusive winner erm but the game could have gone either way and I think after all is considered erm the final result was a fair result . |
| 8 | We travelled thousands of miles in it over the next two years . |
| 9 | Forgive the typed letter — bit impersonal , but I am trying to get to speedy grips with the little apple laptop powerbook 100 which I got when George was home — heaven alone knows how I would have done without it in the last few weeks . |
| 10 | The examination he looks upon as completely separate ; he will attend to it at the last possible moment . |
| 11 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 12 | With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years . |
| 13 | How lovely it would be to find the garden , and see what had happened to it in the last ten years ! |
| 14 | Keep it in the quarantine tank , cease medication and keep an eye on it for the next few months . |
| 15 | In fact the1880s main building , a Grade I listed extravaganza modelled on Chambord , is in a structurally sound condition , having had money from the Pilgrim Trust , the Wolfson Foundation and the University Funding Council spent on it over the last ten years . |
| 16 | The owner says he will sell at that price , but only if Fred collects the car and pays for it within the next 2 hours . |
| 17 | Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days . |
| 18 | So perhaps we can have a look there , and this will appear on the ne and , and I suggest we look at it on the next General Purposes Committee . |