Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 2 | The first session , after I have finished speaking , will involve 12 speakers addressing you on the theme of the conference , each from his or her specific perspective . |
| 3 | The Factory Whistle had been republished a few days before , and beside her Viola kept the pile of six copies sent her by the publishers , with its Lowry-ish cover of tall chimneys and matchstick men . |
| 4 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |
| 5 | Then begin the real gaieties of Harrogate , then the money flies , and what the landlords of those two establishments take in six weeks keeps them during the rest of the year . ’ |
| 6 | They had also spent the previous six weeks familiarising themselves with the country , getting to know especially the lie of the rivers , which would become torrents after the heavy rain that fell in the afternoon and at night during many months of the year , while the same river beds higher up the hills could be dry at times . |
| 7 | But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 8 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 9 | It would take at least another seven or eight years to turn her into a recognizable human being . |
| 10 | The open road was all he knew ; he had spent forty of his fifty-five years tramping it in every kind of weather with only the fill of his pipe for company . |
| 11 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 12 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 13 | There was a coal fire beside the bed — dangerously close — with no more than a dozen coals piled one atop the other , more smoke than flame . |
| 14 | I think you 've probably had enough actually , you get he 's , just have one , one little bit , put your finger in , and then we 're gon na put it in the , er three fingers put it in the wash |
| 15 | It took the jury at Nottingham Crown Court less than three hours to convict them after a two-week trial . |
| 16 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 17 | When the screen is completed , a local builder and about half-a-dozen husbands take it to the peace well at the corner of the village green on the Saturday morning . |
| 18 | We normally on the first three months do it on a group basis |
| 19 | I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present . |
| 20 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 21 | In the case of this group , they were able to define the questions related to strategy , to conduct their own inquiries , to have staff people conduct some relevant research , to have three individuals organise it into a presentation that was ultimately approved and owned by the top group . |
| 22 | The chick is due on good Friday , but it could take up to three days to free itself from the egg . |
| 23 | Also , a total of thirteen thousand , three hundred and fifty three delegates used it as a conference centre . |
| 24 | Powell has earned , the hard way , the respect that prompted a dozen jockeys to telephone him in the week before the race . |
| 25 | Three victories took him into the overall lead with 97 points by Christmas . |
| 26 | Three guys hijacked it from the Company 's yard but I saw then and climbed into the refridgeration unit at the back . |
| 27 | Once more the three men buried themselves in the mud and waited until another passing cloud allowed them to advance a few more yards . |
| 28 | While three men scrubbed him with a stiff yard broom , the rest of us stood to attention in front of the trough and sang ‘ Képi Blanc ’ . |
| 29 | He seemed full of beans though , and after he had given me a rundown on the life cycle of the polyp , three nurses wheeled me across the corridor and into another room . |
| 30 | Invitations have been sent to 3,000 businesses asking them to the conference which is backed by the Health and Safety Executive and County Durham Training and Enterprise Council . |