Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Less than three months later he had another announcement : he would be returning to Williams in 1991 . |
2 | He won a silver medal for 5,000 metres at the World Junior track championships last year and a couple of months later he took fourth place — again at Junior level — in the World cross country championships in Boston . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Eighteen months ago I took early retirement . |
5 | When she finally left six months ago I closed this house up and rented the Copenhagen apartment . |
6 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
7 | When we looked at the lighter and darker areas separately we found considerable differences . |
8 | Christmas fillers you see , so I , she , cos I 've , I 'm going to make a couple of fruit cakes , I said well I was going to bring in a couple of fruit cakes and said if you need them not , if not I said I 'll take them back I thought no way is Sue gon na eat them , eat cakes like she did last year , or year before |
9 | Only ten feet later she touched firm ground again . |
10 | Then a few days later we had opening night , and I was in my first tuxedo . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | A few days later I received two letters . |
13 | A few days later I had another chance to help the King . |
14 | Two days later I saw dark clouds in the sky , and I knew that a storm was coming . |
15 | Three weeks later he repeated this raid on the same airfield , destroying another twenty-seven aircraft . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | In 1871 he was described as farmer of 20 acres and ten years later he had 28 acres . |
18 | In 1980–1 , in the first Test to be played on his home ground in Antigua , there was never any doubt that he was going to mark the occasion with a century , and , as we shall see , when England returned five years later he marked that occasion in the most spectacular fashion . |
19 | Fifteen years later he provided further elucidation in response to his critics . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | A few days ago I received some news which I think should be shared with all Warwick Bass owners . |
22 | Two days ago I ate baited carrion left out for fox or crow over in Skye and its effects were to poison me and make me feel near death . |
23 | She 'd got thing in her in her er yeah what 's what it is up she damaged it ooh some years ago and it 's been a bit weak since like , you know but sh it was only a few weeks ago we got some computer big computer , with big discs and she twisted her hand in in pulling one out , you know it 's I do n't how , the fell or something and she went to cash it or whatever and of course we 're riding the motorbike for the like you have to change gear it 's only a small seater , your bike 's open |
24 | Over the years you get called all kinds of things , but a few weeks ago I reached new heights . |
25 | Until six weeks ago I had first class service , then , suddenly , the crankshaft snapped . |
26 | But two weeks ago he signed this contract with the Sun and was paid five thousand pounds . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | ‘ Ten years ago we had four refineries . |
29 | ‘ Ten years ago we had some curiosity value , ’ says Edward Foy , from Minnesota , one of the few foreigners with tenure at a Japanese university . |
30 | As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron . |