Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's painted them continually for the last 6 years . |
| 2 | But one artist is so entranced by their beauty that he 's painted nothing else for the last six years . |
| 3 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 4 | Remarkably it 's Derry fourth successive appearance in the final — they 've won it twice in the last three years . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 6 | Only two of their candidates have even made it through to the second round . |
| 7 | finally only one of junior teams has made it through to the third round of the cup … |
| 8 | They 're sure to give the go-ahead , otherwise they would n't have chucked it out in the first place . |
| 9 | I gather that he 's got himself together over the last 18 months and it has certainly paid off . |
| 10 | They would only have had you in as a last resort . ’ |
| 11 | Erm with a view to saying really , providing we 've got it in by the first of April next year |
| 12 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
| 13 | Could that even have been why Branson had invited her back in the first place ? |
| 14 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 15 | There were seven of us sharing the place , the Carters ' eldest son and his girlfriend having invited themselves along at the last moment , and their movements were completely unpredictable . |
| 16 | After Gary Blissett had pulled one back in the 78th minute , substitute Marcus Gayle missed a great chance four minutes from the final whistle to level it . |
| 17 | Erlich heard his instructions to the lady who had brought him up to the third floor . |
| 18 | By the time that Lothar arrived in Paris , probably in the 1180s , perhaps earlier , the theology taught there was no longer the speculative , probing theology of Peter Abelard ( which was perhaps the reputation that had brought him there in the first place ) , but had become more concerned with practical issues and doctrine . |
| 19 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
| 20 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 21 | Injured Wednesday player-manager Trevor Francis has ruled himself out of the second round second leg leaving his side woefully short of striking cover as they attempt to recover a 3-1 first leg deficit . |
| 22 | Erm , just a point of information , I think er on the hundred and thirty-one million , including the Lincoln , and I think er they would have been you would have been under serious er distress on that , because the information I have had from the Department of Transport , is that if the Lincoln scheme had gone ahead , it would have effectively blocked everything else for the next five years , and that would n't have done you any good , from where you 're elected , either . |
| 23 | This and his link with Stevenson 's had served him well over the last few years , and he had become something of an expert in railway funding , especially in European railways . |
| 24 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 25 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |
| 26 | It seems to epitomise the whole range of values and ideas that have taken me there in the first place . |
| 27 | His followers at the Yorkshire track have raked it in over the last five years with a 1 level stake on all his mounts showing more than 45 to the good . |
| 28 | I 'd worked it out to the last breath . |
| 29 | ‘ she has never seen what is good , how can she be good ? ’ — Vincent quoted from Zola 's L'Assommoir to back up his contention ; or perhaps he had read it there in the first place and appropriated it . |