Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long should it take 18 men to build a similar wall ? |
| 2 | How long would it take four men to do it ? |
| 3 | So long would it take twelve men . |
| 4 | How long would it take six men ? |
| 5 | there 's twenty twenty men , right five hours to big hole , how long would it take one man . |
| 6 | We are debating everything else in advance of the general election but not Northern Ireland , so will he answer two questions ? |
| 7 | Please may I have 20 lashes ? |
| 8 | Yeah cos er Jim had just come on duty and she was going up in the lift with somebody and they said please can we have five pounds , your mother 's just had her hair permed |
| 9 | Well you have to go through all this rigmarole of paperwork , you ca n't just go in and hand over your book and say please can I have five pounds now then I want to go and buy a book or something . |
| 10 | Why else would they book two support acts , Airhead and the Frank and Walters , from the latest vintage of hip young things . |