Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Little was done for him in the three years up to his seventeenth birthday when , like so many others , he found companionship and , ironically , the security he craved for by joining the army .
2 From Mr evidence I assessed her net year earnings up to her fourth year as nine thousand pounds and with a multiplier of one , award that sum .
3 If you 're not used to bending strings up with your first finger these will probably take a fair amount of practice to master …
4 The H3 building had been put up hastily in the early 1950s to get the scientists out of their first accommodation that had been little more than Nissen huts .
5 She had watched from the window as they walked down the jetty , anxious as a mother sending her children off on their first day at school .
6 We arrived as keen as a couple of puppies out for their first walkies , full of fun and raring to go !
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