Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
2 Our Discovery Tour of Sri Lanka will introduce you to the many wonders of this harmonious land .
3 You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’
4 I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do .
5 Because people had seen the recorder being switched off , they ignored the microphones , leaving them within a few inches of their mouths , thus enabling us to record conversation of superb acoustic quality .
6 Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers .
7 In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time .
8 The self-confidence inspired by his Eton and Trinity background may have helped him in the several differences of opinion he has encountered in his life .
9 While many among the 5,933 crowd may argue against Stainrod 's claim , there was little doubt in the validity of it during the latter stages of what was a north-east affair rich in incident if not quality .
10 But , within a couple of months of coming to the throne , Siraj-ud-Daula marched on Calcutta , seized and plundered it after a few days of frantic but ill-prepared resistance , and allowed the few British survivors of the seige to be locked up in the prison of the fortress for the night .
11 Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it !
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