Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The route had been reopened two weeks previously following an attack in January when two people were killed . |
2 | Alexander , being a very determined man , went the next two weeks hardly uttering a word . |
3 | A small firm on the brink of disaster two years ago cocking a snook at the recession by doubling its workforce and turning out garden tractors in the face of high demand … today saw number 5,000 roll off the line . |
4 | ‘ I wrote a letter two days ago suggesting a meeting and this morning I got back a curt note suggesting a time . |
5 | People came and went , but almost nobody stayed to eat ; Lucy had the dining area beside the counter more or less to herself , apart from a business type in an Aquascutum raincoat who sat two tables away reading a caravan magazine . |