Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the desert with my family and through the perils of the desert and erm it took us about eight hours to go through the desert , which normally takes two hours , and it was very difficult . |
| 2 | With only eight months to go before the closure of Staveley sheds , a local class 04 trundles down from Arkwright on a rake of coal empties from Kirkby Bentinck No. 63701 will deposit the train at Staveley , some two miles down the track , and beyond Duckmanton North Junction ( below ) seen in the distance . |
| 3 | The first 500 readers to write to The Sugar Bureau will get a free copy of Easy Cooking On A Budget . |
| 4 | Of the more than fifty books to come from the press , there is no doubt that the finest was his Chaucer of 1896 , reckoned by many to be the greatest book printed in England since Caxton , of which he printed 425 copies with an additional thirteen on vellum . |
| 5 | ‘ In cases of multiple debt , we reckon on 12 hours to work through the inquiry , ’ she added . |
| 6 | Early last November , invitations were issued to 12 institutions to participate in the project . |
| 7 | The official added : ‘ There 's another 12 months to run on the ITV 's domestic deal and then it 's up for grabs . |
| 8 | But the beleaguered taxpayer has just over 12 months to prepare for the changes — by which time the Chancellor hopes an improved economy will soften the blow . |
| 9 | The Ministers had as many as 140 appointments to make to the Area Boards and Central Authority ( 43 of them full-time ) . |
| 10 | Former County Donegal coach No. 28 leaves the caravan site that has been its home for 30 years to return to the railway . |
| 11 | The young centre cut inside where Lyn Jones was at his elbow and the open-side flanker galloped 30 yards to score near the posts , Stephens converting . |
| 12 | Hello again , 2 points to make about the FFL |
| 13 | Second division , Swansea away in the cup was never going to be an easy ticket for Oxford , but when Nick Cusack scored with just over 10 minutes to go at the Vetch Field , United looked a good bet for the 4th round . |
| 14 | It can take 10 minutes to get off the train . ’ |
| 15 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 16 | The Skegness Festival in 1938 had a Carnival Procession which took five or six hours to get through the town , the Rector of Stiffkey now forgotten . |
| 17 | It took the Belgians six hours to rush to the defence of the Red Cross compound and by that time the fighting was over . |
| 18 | The judge , who took just 45 minutes to decide on the sentences , said he accepted Fraser was a drug addict who had admitted what he had done . |
| 19 | • Over 100 books to choose from EVERY MONTH |
| 20 | Of these 500 , we 'll pick out six readers to act as the stars of the project . |
| 21 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |
| 22 | 350 car workers have had their contracts extended by a further six months to cope with the demand for the Maestro and Montego cars . |
| 23 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 24 | It took around six months to get to the quality audit stage and we were then able to invite in the assessor . ’ |
| 25 | They have temporary visas for six months to stay in the UK . |
| 26 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |
| 27 | I wish I could have 2,000 words to write about THE SIZE OF HER HANDS . |
| 28 | Even when the decay is spreading , it typically takes six years to travel through the tooth enamel into the softer dentin , where it becomes a threat to the nerves in the root canal . |
| 29 | The book took 10 years to compile by a Durham University team . |
| 30 | Launched this week aboard a two-stage Delta rocket from NASA 's Western Test Range at Lompoc , California , IRAS has taken nearly 10 years to progress from the drawing board to lift-off . |