Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [pers pn] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There were 12 of us on the boat and three full time crew .
2 There were six of us on the course , all aiming to get the RYA ( Royal Yachting Association ) Level 1 Certificate .
3 I do n't know though I mean he , he 's , he 's allowed that , he allowed that the fact that they could of been unarmed men and all that but he also condemned three of them on the evidence of this lead which he really should n't of done , he should of left an open verdict on those few cos lead could be transferred to .
4 I shall sell then at one ninety against you on the aisle now , two hundred new bidder two hundred pounds on the left at two hundred , are you all done ?
5 Nationally , there would be 10,000 jobs generated by the scheme , it claimed , 3,000 of them on the site itself .
6 Then with about 7 minutes to go , Goodmans speed got through the defence again and Beeny could only parry his low shot for Gray ( there was about 5 of them on the pitch ) to tap in .
7 Fifty five only sixty down there , thank you , sixty on the left , sixty five seventy , five seventy against you on the left , now any more ?
8 As usual , there were five of them on the village green , waiting for the school bus .
9 If there are 38 of them on the line , 38 go together for ten minutes and then , of course , the line stops .
10 Right , that 's one of mine on the way !
11 Three hearings took place , two of them on the afternoon of 1 May .
12 Rose held two of them on the palm of her hand .
13 Of course I 'll get the restaurant to cater , but I want it to be intimate — just the two of us on the balcony .
14 There may be just one or two of us on the list who are still dreaming of Bremner , Giles & E Gray as a midfield trio .
15 I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean
16 There were eighteen of them on the boat with me .
17 At ninety five ninety fi one hundred pounds and ten one ten , one twenty thirty one thirty against you on the back row , you coming in now sir ?
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