Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [num] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recurrence rate was similar to that reported after two years ' treatment with omeprazole . |
| 2 | I drank mint tea in the carpet shops ( and found Stefan Grappelli , Bryan Ferry and Ben Kingsley listed in one shop 's order book ) . |
| 3 | He drew the nut grove in the Lamonts ' garden and the surrounding countryside , especially the view over the Weald found within two minutes ' walk from their house . |
| 4 | This ensured there was time to make to love to her , an activity that would frequently fill the time as he moved from one lady 's home to another 's . |
| 5 | However , when the personal thefts were restricted to those which occurred within 15 minutes ' walk of the victim 's home , unemployment was again a statistically significant factor . |
| 6 | More than a museum devoted to one artist 's work ( like the Museum Picasso , or the Fundació Joan Miró ) , it will be competing for income and audiences with an increasing number of new museums in Barcelona : the stylish Centre d'Art Santa Mònica which cuts a dash on the tourist drag of the Ramblas ; a museum of contemporary art being designed by Richard Meier , to be squeezed into the dense Barri Gotic , as well as the National Museum of Catalan Art up on Montjuic , remodelled by Gae Aulenti , and currently under construction . |
| 7 | She referred to one pupil 's piece of writing which described what he thought he had learned in the first session with the advisory teacher : |
| 8 | In this way everybody suffered for one person 's mistakes ; this was meant ultimately to draw the Section together . |
| 9 | It came from one boy 's garden . |
| 10 | They were assisted by the referee , Clive Norling , who added on nine minutes ' injury time despite the lack of an injury stoppage worth the name . |
| 11 | The nuns were charged with ‘ splittist activity ’ and condemned to three years ' labour for being ‘ extremely arrogant ’ . |
| 12 | The officer in command of a military unit which in July 1986 burned to death a photographer , Rodrigo Rojas de Negri , and severely burned his colleague , Carmen Quintana Arancibia [ see p. 34985 ] was in August 1989 condemned to 300 days ' imprisonment by a military court . |
| 13 | The AFRC also reduced to 10 years ' imprisonment the life sentences of three others . |
| 14 | The company also paid for one week 's hotel accommodation for the employee and spouse to house hunt in the new location . |
| 15 | The regime in the Detoxification Unit consisted of five days ' methadone reduction followed by two weeks of Clonidine . |
| 16 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 17 | His secretaryship of the UDC , which he held until his death , cost him his Liberal candidacy and led to six months ' imprisonment for a technical breach of the Defence of the Realm Act . |
| 18 | Possibly it was secondhand , but it still looked like five bucks ' worth of book , I reckoned . |
| 19 | Now living in Wimbledon , in a spacious house complete with swimming pool , Crawford went into four months ' training for his gruelling role , starting each day at 6.30am with a four-mile run across the common , which he built up to twelve miles . |
| 20 | She knew from thirty years ' experience that bullies were a breed apart . |
| 21 | P. H. If you went at 25 years ' service , you got half pension . |
| 22 | Lucky Rob had all criminal charges dropped , but only on the condition that he put in two years ' community service , visiting schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs , talking to juvenile delinquents and visiting prisons in his home town of Drayton , Ohio . |
| 23 | For an example of an unsuccessful allegation of partiality , see Midland Montagu Leasing ( UK ) Ltd v Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive and Ernst & Whinney ( 1990 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 23 February discussed at 11.6.2. auditor 's lack of independence was relied on as one of the reasons to make an order under s459 of the Companies Act 1985 ( see 3.7 ) . |
| 24 | He had two substantial houses ( in London he lived at 27 Queen 's Gate until 1913 , when he bought 93 Eaton Square , a still larger house with — an uncharacteristic touch for Baldwin — a more fashionable address ) and plenty of money with which to run them and do anything else he wanted . |
| 25 | It was now 9.00am , they only had about one hour 's fuel left , enough for 180 miles at the most . |
| 26 | CUSTOMERS and friends of Drew Muir , Manager at Laurencekrik Branch , presented him with a painting by local artist David Johnston when he retired after 34 years ' service . |
| 27 | MANAGER Colin Galloway recalled his early days as an apprentice with The National Commercial Bank of Scotland when he retired after 34 years ' service . |