Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livermore said : ‘ For 70 minutes he showed tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 2 | By taking a count every 30 minutes we established that catering units in the area were covering their seats 250 per cent at lunch time and 100 per cent in the evening . |
| 3 | Clayton 's development as a photographer had accelerated at a rapid pace and within 12 months he won 12 awards , including : |
| 4 | Their direction was poor and in the first 12 overs they conceded 12 wides and no-balls , so it was an unexpected bonus when Donald , with the last delivery in his first spell of four overs , had Haynes caught at backward square-leg . |
| 5 | Ignoring the existence of six servants she organized this breakfast herself . |
| 6 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 7 | Also , in their first 10 games they had 26 points , i.e. one more point than this season but still only 6 points ahead of us ) . |
| 8 | In August 1920 , almost by chance , he was attached for a year to the small peacetime signal intelligence organization in London , and was then posted to Simla in India , where for eight years he performed cipher-breaking duties with remarkable success . |
| 9 | Three times she went one side of a tree when Schmidt went the other , emerging again without breaking her conversation . |
| 10 | In 90 minutes they managed two shots at the Benfica goal and scored twice . |
| 11 | When Vicky came out after three weeks she confirmed that fear . |
| 12 | In three days they covered 400 miles . |
| 13 | For the first three years he endured abject misery . |
| 14 | Gower , who averaged 50 in the three Tests he played this summer and 44 throughout his Test career said : ‘ To say I am disappointed is an understatement . |
| 15 | Then cos you had er three warnings you got five minutes before and er then you had a the erm final warning and then the blasting and the they give you the all clear . |
| 16 | From the batch of over seventy birds I ringed that day , only one other came to light . |
| 17 | It has sixty four pages with one hundred and ninety thousand words They spent two days working around the clock typing it into a computer , now their master disc is being used by a Sunday newspaper to publish the whole thing this weekend . |
| 18 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 19 | ‘ During 17 months I watched 180 people die of starvation and disease , ’ he added . |
| 20 | The rent for the club room er five pound per go , a hundred and fifteen pound erm the Christmas social , we spent fif thirty five fifty one on the refreshments and seven eighty nine on the whisky , making a forty three forty expenditure the club trophies , we spent nineteen pound fifty this year and we saved a lot of money on that this year , we spent about a hundred and thirty to forty last year erm so we have got a quite a difference just trying to find last year 's erm there they are trophies , a hundred and sixteen pound we paid last year so have , we did save a lot of money by doing them ourselves more or less . |
| 21 | On 18 January he circularized all sections of the Labour Party and the Press , and launched into a revived campaign for the Peace Alliance . |
| 22 | Well , ten years I inhabited that nightmare , living it day and night . |
| 23 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 24 | In addition to twenty-five cabins it had three bars , a dining room which measured fifteen by fifty feet , a lounge with a baby grand piano , a writing room , library and sick bay . |
| 25 | If he said five shillings he meant five shillings and not four and sixpence . |
| 26 | The site manager said : ‘ At one point he wanted hand-made mahogany shelves either side of the fireplace in the lounge to house his compact discs and other hi-fi equipment . |
| 27 | At one point it boasted 13 members who were admirals — not many clubs in the world can stage an annual match called Admirals v The Rest . |
| 28 | Then on 1 November I received this telegram , with what I recognised as the consciously humorous overtones of 1914 — 18 : |
| 29 | In nine days they flew twenty-one relief flights … from a base in Zagreb … to the devastated Saravejo . |
| 30 | Every five years he called all souls to judgement to determine whether they were worthy to continue their lives on earth . |