Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adv] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Denmark joined the EEC for much the same reasons as the British did : she wished to ensure that she was not excluded from a large ‘ home ’ market , particularly for her agricultural products .
2 He had been in the States for only a few months .
3 She liked Matilda for exactly the same reasons .
4 It used to be in Bournemouth , they had it at Bournemouth for quite a few years .
5 These issues have been debated by American feminists like Linda Nicholson , Nancy Fraser , Christine di Stefano in much the same terms already , and there have been special issues of the journals Feminist Studies and Signs on the topic .
6 We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright .
7 I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount .
8 He is said to have been deprived of the royal household and nobles with the counsel and consent of all his people , and to have fled from Bamburgh with only a few companions , which would suggest an almost outright rejection .
9 It can not be supposed , then , that the STV would work in the United Kingdom in precisely the same ways as it does in Ireland .
10 The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen .
11 We went with Alec for quite a few years , and sometimes Mother would come too .
12 The couple , who met only seven months ago , first wed in a hush-hush civil ceremony in Los Angeles in April with just a few friends as witnesses .
13 Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years .
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