Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be ideal if we could find more than one corgi as we have two performances a day . ’ |
| 3 | The 77-year-old ignored flashing blue lights as he drove nine miles down the middle lane of the M5 at 40mph . |
| 4 | Altogether , over a span of eleven years , Lottie Dod lost only five times in open singles as she collected five Wimbledon , five Northern , and three West of England titles , as well as one in Ireland and one at Waterloo . |
| 5 | Throughout the book Eccleshall demonstrates an impressive authority and ease with his sources as he ransacks 300 years of Conservative thought to discover the meaning of Conservatism . |
| 6 | PYRAMID TO TAKE $23m HIT AGAINST ITS FIGURES AS IT CUTS 110 JOBS |
| 7 | Two campaigners , an Englishman and a Frenchman , brushed away tears as they recalled 453 airmen who never returned from World War 2 sorties . |
| 8 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 9 | The Royal Ulster Constabulary is solving twice as many crimes as it did 10 years ago . |