Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sight should not be lost of the calls for a separate small claims court ( see below ) and care must be taken in considering the use to which the procedure is put by the private citizen , as distinct from businesses and other organisations . |
| 2 | In 1298 – 99 the English withstood siege by the Scots for a remarkable 14 months , though few survivors remained when the garrison finally surrendered . |
| 3 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 4 | They would n't join the grown-ups for a good many years , though the Sheikha 's daughter had been my meal companion before I myself had been accepted by the ‘ grown-ups , . |
| 5 | After London , the show moved to the provinces and appeared at most of the larger towns ; the show was to catch the imagination of audiences for a full three years . |
| 6 | BR 's own acknowledgement of the Class 40s ' popularity , and therefore revenue potential , was the renovation of the 1958 pioneer locomotive D200 to working order , and original livery , for use on special trains for a full three years after the rest of the class had been retired . |
| 7 | IT 'S curtains for a dignified literary awards night as playwright John Osborne , still famed as the original Angry Young Man , stars as the Tipsy Old Ham . |
| 8 | Diana waited outside the main entrance of Great Ormond Street holding a clutch of excited little hands for a good five minutes before the Wishing Well song , which pop star Boy George had specially recorded for the appeal , struck up ; and then Father Christmas , in the shape of a heavily disguised Jimmy Tarbuck , juddered round the corner on his sleigh , pulled by two little white ponies . |
| 9 | ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ had topped the UK charts for a remarkable five weeks , selling 698,000 copies . |
| 10 | The surprise , the shout , the authority in his command kept them pinned in their chairs for a vital five seconds . |
| 11 | Having craned my neck in likely locations for a good many years , I finally discovered it displaying its gorgeous wings over an oil-stain beside my car . |