Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Six months ago we reported interim results , fifty eight percent down on the previous year but held out hope for a stronger performance in the second half , in the event our os optimism was justified . |
2 | When we looked at the lighter and darker areas separately we found considerable differences . |
3 | Khrushchev 's first reaction to the naval quarantine was to denounce it as " outright banditry " ; but two days later he halted five ships outside the quarantine zone and sent Kennedy a letter offering to remove the missiles in return for a public pledge that the USA would not invade Cuba . |
4 | A few days later I received two letters . |
5 | Two days later I saw dark clouds in the sky , and I knew that a storm was coming . |
6 | Two years later he told mutinous Clydesiders that a concentration on foreign affairs , far from indicating a neglect of the problem of unemployment , would lay the basis for its resolution . |
7 | In 1871 he was described as farmer of 20 acres and ten years later he had 28 acres . |
8 | For some years now they had licensing agreements with some major U S companies to produce ‘ Laura Ashley ’ designs on sheets and other home furnishings . |
9 | Over the years you get called all kinds of things , but a few weeks ago I reached new heights . |
10 | Thirty years ago they built seven homes in the village for war veterans , in memory of the present owner 's great uncle , who was killed during the First World War . |
11 | ‘ Ten years ago we had four refineries . |
12 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
13 | Several years ago I wrote some pieces about the Psion Organiser , telling how I had devoted many months to trying to learn how to use this tiny alpha-numeric keyboard . |
14 | It amuses me that eight years ago I had two homes — but I digress again . |
15 | I just did half and half and then I built up with the second couple of days then I did twenty minutes and then by the end of the week I went twenty five minutes half an hour . |
16 | Andrew Maltby was outside a pub with 29-year-old Michael Waterworth , to sort out their differences but minutes later he received fatal injuries . |
17 | In the cities also they find exciting shops and entertainments . |
18 | If , on the other hand , I am taking six ferrets then I need two boxes — one for four as already described and another for the remaining two animals . |
19 | On direct bookings only we offer 7 nights for the price of 6 . |
20 | Well some men well you see some men are too aware . |
21 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |