Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months . |
2 | Do n't panic about a squint that comes and goes in the first few months , though , as this is quite normal and happens because she has n't developed binocular vision yet . |
3 | During January , six planets are visiting your sign , so to say that life 's likely to be busy , fun and demanding for the next few months is an understatement . |
4 | Defending her life and being jolted and shaken over the last few days had left her exhausted . |
5 | Utilitarianism has been both vigorously defended and attacked in the last few decades . |
6 | I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth . |
7 | We 've noticed that the numbers of young homeless people who are coming to see us have risen and risen over the last few months and few years . |
8 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
9 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
10 | These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age . |
11 | I would also like to know how members think a branch development strategy should be drafted , approved and introduced over the next few months . |
12 | Using the 100-inch telescope on Mount Wilson , in 1923 Hubble identified for the first time a cepheid variable star in a spiral ‘ nebula ’ ( M 31 in Andromeda ) , and proceeded in the next few years to make similar discoveries in several other such ‘ nebulae ’ . |
13 | The programs we use to produce it have been developed and improved over the last few years . |
14 | All traffic will be diverted down York Place , a one way street , and major changes are being planned to bus routes and stops during the next few days . |