Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAVID Hunt was lobbied by trade unionists yesterday when he visited offices where they claim 1,000 jobs are under threat . |
| 2 | In the election of October 1974 , 25 per cent of the vote went to third-party candidates and they secured thirty-nine seats in the Commons . |
| 3 | If the district judge intends to rescind , notice is given to the parties and they have 14 days to object , whereupon a hearing is fixed to decide on rescission . |
| 4 | ‘ It will be great for our fans if we complete four derby wins this season , but three points are more important for their own reasons . |
| 5 | But when I go to the shops and I spend seventy pound for a week . |
| 6 | ‘ Supposing he had to plough a field of thirteen acres and he had eight plough-teams working . |
| 7 | The movie is out on video today from Paramount Pictures and we have five £70 copies of it to give away . |
| 8 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 9 | We have been here five months and he has one month left to complete his sixty . |
| 10 | hell of a squeak of brakes and they had two vans and as you used to turn the corner by Swatons , the bollards are out |
| 11 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 12 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 13 | He put an arm behind her shoulders to lift her , and , when , not fully awake , she fumbled , held a glass of water to her lips while she swallowed two pain-killers . |
| 14 | Davies , a security guard , of Feltham , north London , was jailed for 30 months after he admitted two charges of false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm . |
| 15 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 16 | Each cycle should take fifty five minutes so we do three sets of role play , well we look at them , look for the cycle to start at quarter past ten first cycle must start at quarter past ten , there four that should be for one o'clock so we commence the third and final role play , come back here and break for lunch and have an hour for lunch final role play at two o'clock . |
| 17 | The officer told the defendant three times that he considered two pickets at each entrance were sufficient but the defendant , persisting in his intention to join the pickets , ‘ pushed gently past ’ the police officer , ‘ was gently arrested ’ , and was charged with obstructing the police in execution of their duty . |
| 18 | It is particularly prevalent in developing countries where it claims 250000 victims each year . |
| 19 | Because at no metres there 's one post and at the end of a hundred metres you 've got two posts so you got one post more |
| 20 | Consumers may not have any more cash in their pockets than they did 48 hours ago , but it is their willingness to take on extra debt that drives demand for housing , cars , and other big items of spending . |
| 21 | The diameter of its mouth is 9½ feet and it weighs 17 tons — the largest bell in Britain . |
| 22 | North deals and opens one club , East passes and you respond one heart . |
| 23 | North deals and opens one club , East passes and you respond one heart . |
| 24 | Unless you want to be force-fed stale angel cakes until you weigh 73 stones , do not tell these jokes at your Aunty 's . |
| 25 | ‘ It would be ideal if we could find more than one corgi as we have two performances a day . ’ |
| 26 | ( Crawford 's ultimate suspension from school came two weeks before he was due to take his leaving exams and he gained two CSEs by taking them in the hostel he was staying at . ) |
| 27 | He was walking in the woods and he saw three men . |
| 28 | But I mean er you can get cassette based ones which are quite cheap and cheap to run cos you just use , you know , good quality metal tapes and you get four tracks I think they even make a six track one now , or an eight track . |
| 29 | What does a claimant do then they 've got no money then for six weeks if it takes six weeks . |
| 30 | Formerly Associate Technical Director , he was with the Institute for 33 years until he retired four years ago |