Example sentences of "and [prep] six [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 His father was wheelbarrowing , apparently in connection with this , and for six shifts or stems at 2/6 he earned 15/ less 6d. for the Mine Club .
2 For example , bridging loans are given , free of interest , for three months at Henry Sykes , Billiton , Cadbury Schweppes and Pilkingtons and for six months at Brown & Root , Boots ( retail division ) and Cornhill Insurance .
3 On the first day takings were twenty-seven pounds , seventeen shillings and sixpence and for six months many potential customers walked past assuming it was a wholesale showroom .
4 ‘ We have used our experience and our ability to sharpen up our image and our content and for six months now have been using full colour every week . ’
5 Starting Monday and for six days , our panel of highly-qualified experts will take to the road in a bid to help YOU slim down and shape up .
6 Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United .
7 Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United .
8 The hall just could n't cope and after six songs they retreated to the dressing room .
9 Before treatment and after six weeks , patients were investigated clinically , including a symptom score ( grade 0 : none , grade 1 : mild , grade 2 : moderate , grade 3 : severe complaints due to peptic ulcer disease ) , and endoscopically .
10 Patients routinely had an endoscopy before treatment and after six weeks .
11 The crew fell ill with radiation sickness and after six months , despite intensive care , the radio operator died , the first known victim of the H-bomb .
12 A deputy is allocated to about half of these tasks and after six months a reallocation of tasks may be requested in accordance with skills , interests and time available .
13 Unfortunately it had no effect in controlling algae , and after six months was itself covered in algae .
14 Now attention shifted away from Meehan and on to Waddell , then back in Barlinnie for stabbing a man with a knife and a saw ; and after six months of investigations by two senior police officers , he was arrested , brought to Edinburgh and charged with the murder of Mrs Ross .
15 A month later I saw something bright green there , and after six months I had a very small field of corn .
16 However , the appearance in 1789 of a second edition with an extra plate , and of six plates signed ‘ Hepplewhite ’ or ‘ Heppelwhite ’ dated October , November , and December 1792 , and May 1793 , in The Cabinet-Makers ' London Book of Prices of 1793 suggests that the firm designed after his death .
17 I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut .
18 And with six vehicles the Daniels have plenty off choice in how to travel : the most luxurious are a Bentley tourer and a super Ferrari .
19 From here to the final stages it was all uphill , and with six furlongs left St Denis had had enough , so Achilles took up the running until the runners came into the straight .
20 From 18 metres up to six metres , the ascent rate warning will flash if you exceed 13 metres/minute , and from six metres to the surface you should not exceed a very safe nine metres per minute .
21 The coat to be trimmed with lustrous black mohair flat braid … all around the bottom , the front edges , the collar , and from six inches upward from the bottom along both side openings to the skirt , with braid 1¼ inches wide …
22 The partnership was not a success , however , and within six months Milburn took it over and amalgamated with Nathan and Sommers .
23 However , Moreton was unable to give sufficient time to the class , and within six months , he was replaced by Edward A. Kirk .
24 We begin work feeling that certain codes of dress and conduct are acceptable and within six months we have agreed with the norms that indicate that certain codes of dress and conduct are certainly not acceptable .
25 In fact he had broken the most famous statesman of Europe , and within six months succeeded to Lloyd George 's place if not to his fame .
26 The contract was awarded in September 1990 and within six weeks CCG had mobilised and handed over a number of buildings to support the construction team on the ‘ Core Site ’ .
27 And within six years , wanting to register ( in The Criter - ion for 1934 ) the distinction of Binyon 's version of the Inferno despite its consistent inversions of prosaic word order , Pound found himself in the same situation , having to contend with those who had learned too well or too inflexibly the lessons he himself had taught them :
28 A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council .
29 He was later promoted to depute director and within six years of his return , he found himself director of the newly-created Lothian Regional Council 's Education Department .
30 Sixty two patients died from metastatic disease ( 72% of all deaths ) , 18 from causes unrelated to carcinoma , and in six cases the cause of death was unknown .
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