Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Oh well this is for different kinds of metal you see
2 It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject .
3 I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner .
4 She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything .
5 After six weeks in hospital she was allowed back home .
6 Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency .
7 But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’
8 After three months in hospital he returns to the car park , seeks out the girl and gives her another ticket with time left on it .
9 After 18 months of treatment he was clear of TB and able to complete the immigration procedures .
10 After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience .
11 After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ .
12 After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes .
13 I remember Malc 's rum punch days ( rum — and punch anything ) and his Yorkshire lad days ( 14 pints , a black pudding and domino puke ) ; now he 's matured to a steady G. & T. In the absence of Lucozade I order a Coke and Kenneth a beer , and after ten minutes of chat we leave for our appointment , promising to rejoin them later .
14 Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina .
15 Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) .
16 After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights .
17 After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks .
18 AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do .
19 you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah
20 After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest .
21 In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 .
22 After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 .
23 After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them .
24 After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave .
25 After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy .
26 But he pulled through , and after 14 months in hospital he was finally allowed home .
27 After 24 hours of freedom I knew no one was going to lock me up again
28 Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John .
29 At densities of 120 persons per acre it was estimated that between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the population would have to be flat dwellers .
30 I think she 'd knitted it herself out of old pieces of string she 'd saved from the children 's birthday presents . ’
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