Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hodkinson , who has successfully defended the crown three times since taking it from another Mexican , Marcos Villasana , in November 1991 , added : ‘ That belt means so much to me . |
| 2 | Brian Clough , whose side are bottom of the Premier League after six successive defeats , wanted Fozzie back — three years after selling him to West Ham for £750,000 . |
| 3 | Most reckon that , with the holding in Hanson 's balance sheet as a fixed asset , Lord Hanson will probably hold on for maybe 18 months before placing it with an alternative international predator . |
| 4 | They 're restoring seventy-five thousand wills before putting them on microfilm . |
| 5 | The makers of Lamisil , Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of Surrey say they tested the drug for 5 years before using it on humans . |
| 6 | I LET the 'phone ring for about ten minutes before doing anything about it . |
| 7 | TWO High Street banks have been accused of trying to conceal up to 2,500 redundancies by announcing them on election day . |
| 8 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 9 | Murray originally faced a total of 13 drug-related charges including allegations he assaulted five men by injecting them with heroin in the tyre depot but 11 of those were dropped during the course of the trial . |
| 10 | They then drove fifteen miles before dumping him on the Buckinghamshire border . |
| 11 | The specimen bored straight into a weed bed and Pike Anglers ' Club member Andy fought the fish for 15 minutes before beating it with size 8 trebles to 11 lb line . |
| 12 | The figures for this year show that £20 million-worth of coal will be imported to Britain by the end of December — the equivalent of closing 20 average-sized pits and getting rid of between 20,000 and 25,000 miners by throwing them on the scrap heap . |
| 13 | Seventeen firemen fought the blaze for four hours before getting it under control . |
| 14 | ( And four Los Angeles policemen beating a black man 56 times after stopping him for speeding does not count as better law enforcement . ) |
| 15 | Even when pods have to be opened in the field , to save weight on the return journey , the seeds can be kept in good condition for two weeks by packing them in damp charcoal . |
| 16 | The first Vietnamese boat person to commit suicide in Hong Kong died in hospital on Feb. 18 , two days after hanging himself with his belt and four days after he had officially been refused refugee status . |
| 17 | ( Crawford 's ultimate suspension from school came two weeks before he was due to take his leaving exams and he gained two CSEs by taking them in the hostel he was staying at . ) |
| 18 | She missed two games before finding it behind a cushion , but then took only a few days to call house on number 52 in game 230 . |
| 19 | Attempts have been made to blind two horses by cutting them with Stanley knives as they were grazing . |
| 20 | The column was prepared by suspending the Amberlyst A-15 in 72% ethanol for 24 hours before slurrying it into columns and allowing it to settle by gravity . |
| 21 | In 1462 , under Edward IV , he received the life grant of the office of engraver to the Tower mint and all other mints in England and Calais , which he held for 20 years before relinquishing it in favour of his nephew , John Shaa . |