Example sentences of "[num] afternoon " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the morning foursomes had been shared , Yorkshire took a firm grip on the proceedings when they won five out of the first six afternoon singles but then the young players took a hand . |
| 2 | At the age of 83 , Mr. Collar had just taken some ladies to the village hall for an over-60s afternoon when he collapsed in the car park . |
| 3 | THE under fives of Liphook have an opportunity to develop confidence and fulfil their potential at an early age thanks to three afternoon pre-school groups . |
| 4 | During the sittings , which lasted for three afternoons , he was drinking grappa and reciting Dante . |
| 5 | It took them three afternoons . |
| 6 | THE BOYS of Downside Lodge preparatory school in Purley supported a lifeboat week by having an introductory assembly and a gift and souvenir shop for three afternoons . |
| 7 | He spent three afternoons a week , from Tuesday to Thursday , at Russell Square ; although he was still active as an editor , at least with the work of those authors who were now also old friends , age and reputation necessarily meant that he was now much more of a " figurehead " than once he was . |
| 8 | On two or three afternoons of the first week winds may be a little daunting ; do n't be put off . |
| 9 | I look after my stepdaughter 's two children three afternoons a week but I ca n't stand it . |
| 10 | I 'll still come back say two or three afternoons here and practice things that I 'm weak on just and er tho tho those sacrifices where I stop until I erm sort of fuel all the ambitions I 've got in the game . |
| 11 | Force 3 afternoon winds are ideal for harness practice . |
| 12 | ‘ I hear you 're planning to retire so you can concentrate on writing , ’ Charles told me over tea one afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ I love Pound , ’ Leonard said to us late one afternoon . |
| 14 | one afternoon four years ago |
| 15 | I went along there one afternoon and stuck my head round the door ; saw two men in the sort of office you 'd expect of solicitors — box files in neat rows and shelf upon shelf of law reports . |
| 16 | One afternoon in bed in her flat she said , ‘ I will be leaving soon , you know . ’ |
| 17 | One afternoon we went together to see an Italian filmed opera in a small cinema off Grafton Street which specialised in foreign films . |
| 18 | One afternoon Beth Porter , an American founder member of the company , invited the rest of us to a double bill of soft core porno movies in Piccadilly . |
| 19 | One afternoon we were all wandering up Tottenham Court Road for some reason . |
| 20 | One afternoon she had lurked in the medical bookshop at the top of Gower Street and looked at glowing colour plates of carcinomas . |
| 21 | One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , ’ said Jane one afternoon as he emerged for the first time , blinking in the sun , ‘ how 's life in Lotus land ? ’ |
| 23 | Then one afternoon she came in smiling . |
| 24 | Isa Blagden found her weeping over this one afternoon and took the time to console her , pointing out that soon , in her new position , Oreste would join her and at two years of age would quickly become hers again . |
| 25 | I explained the situation , after she found me jerking about on the bed one afternoon . |
| 26 | At the last opening , 400 visitors in one afternoon flocked in to admire the Weedons ' strikingly formal walkways flanked by irises , lavender , peonies and closely clipped privet hedges . |
| 27 | Last year , there were 400 in one afternoon . |
| 28 | Actually , a report was placed in the House of Commons library late one afternoon just before Christmas . |
| 29 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
| 30 | One afternoon they will be taken for an easy mountain ramble and on another they are taken by horse drawn carriage into the woods where they can barbecue sausages ( a small charge is made for the barbecue ) . |