Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woosnam had had three birdies in his first five holes and the only shot he dropped in going out in 34 was to take five at the ninth , where he drove into the trees . |
| 2 | Tony , 47 , who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night , just ca n't resist a good time . |
| 3 | A year later he collapsed from exhaustion but insisted in carrying on with eight shows a week . |
| 4 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
| 5 | Hakon cheated by turning up with seven or eight warships as opposed to the agreed number of two ships adhered to by St Magnus . |