Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time . |
| 2 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 3 | Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years . |
| 4 | and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works . |
| 5 | She moved the chair and leaned on it with one hand . |
| 6 | Greg , Pippa , Emily , Tom and Bill all came over from America , and stayed with us for eight days . |
| 7 | The council considered his objections by way of an informal internal appeal procedure , but wrote to him on 27 November 1991 in these terms : |