Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] [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 | If we look at the development of computers over the past 30 years we see accelerated change of a phenomenal nature . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ignoring the existence of six servants she organized this breakfast herself . |
| 7 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Fifty weeks you know fifty weeks only ten a day is it worth putting a database in for only ten labels . |
| 11 | Three times she went one side of a tree when Schmidt went the other , emerging again without breaking her conversation . |
| 12 | In 90 minutes they managed two shots at the Benfica goal and scored twice . |
| 13 | By the time it is four days old , it is as heavy as one of its parents ; after three weeks it weighs four times as much as they do , and dwarfs them both . |
| 14 | When Vicky came out after three weeks she confirmed that fear . |
| 15 | In three days they covered 400 miles . |
| 16 | The worst thing about the job is dealing with bureaucracy while the best thing is the two or three days I spend each week out on the hill getting my hands dirty , visiting worksites and clients . |
| 17 | For the first three years he endured abject misery . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | From the batch of over seventy birds I ringed that day , only one other came to light . |
| 21 | Another accolade has fallen at the feet of Patricia Grant , already honoured with an OBE by the Queen for her efforts in building up Norfrost , the domestic freezer supplier which exports 75 per cent of the 5,000 units it produces each week . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ During 17 months I watched 180 people die of starvation and disease , ’ he added . |
| 24 | Well , ten years I inhabited that nightmare , living it day and night . |
| 25 | In ten days , the unknown Fayeds gained permission to own House of Fraser , and throughout the ten days they put continuous lies before the public to justify the Government permissions they had got with such ease . |
| 26 | When she was away for those ten days I mean certain things just could n't be done because no-one knew |
| 27 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If he said five shillings he meant five shillings and not four and sixpence . |
| 30 | But my studies go on , Music GCSE is just one of the nine exams I take next May ( 1994 ) , then I would like to do ‘ A ’ -level music , and hopefully , Music at University . |