Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , being unwilling to contradict her parents ' wishes she took three science A-levels rather than the arts subjects she preferred . |
| 2 | AFIRM of auctioneers which sold two oil paintings for £840 five months before the works fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's after being attributed to the 18th century master , George Stubbs , won its appeal yesterday against a judge 's ruling that it had been negligent . |
| 3 | The likes of ‘ Pre-Emptive Counter Attack ’ are almighty roars which recall Nine Inch Nails and the Zep , but they can still switch effortlessly to the vibrant urban funk ( with f—off guitars ) of debut single ‘ Teenage Mind ’ and make the transition sound natural . |
| 4 | In nine days they flew twenty-one relief flights … from a base in Zagreb … to the devastated Saravejo . |
| 5 | In recent weeks it sold one Ford franchise for £8m and bought another for £6m . |
| 6 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 7 | Er , I do n't , I have n't time for all them things I work twelve hour shifts . |
| 8 | Contemporary Publishing I Copy Editing I Editing Core Language I Production Technology Practice I Graphic Studies I Project I Information Sources |
| 9 | Robert Half recruitment consultants has collected an entertaining batch of true stories which saw one candidate zoom into the room on a skateboard and another , keen for the interviewer to see how sorely he needed the job , reveal the holes in his shoes . |
| 10 | When asked questions he gave one word answers , though he used two words on occasion , as in ‘ boys swimming ’ , ‘ wet play ’ . |
| 11 | Hand out the question papers from the convenient tear-off pads which contain 40 test papers each . |
| 12 | Lastly , positively the last Reading gossip … après gig , KINKY MACHINE got goaded by THE WONDER STUFF into having a series of marathon challenges which involved one roadie eating 70 pickled onions in an hour . |
| 13 | To illustrate these points I offer two case studies . |
| 14 | We had to carry in in Winter we had the rainwater off the roofs which filled two brick cisterns for the livestock . |