Example sentences of "[pron] [num ord] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 2 | Secondly , I had negotiated the entire map within my first four attempts . |
| 3 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 4 | I got four in my first game for Newcastle against Leeds and nine in my first five matches . |
| 5 | My main task in my first five years in Burma was to tour the villages of the Irrawaddy Delta , encouraging the small Anglican congregations and visiting some forty village schools , most of them having only one or two teachers . |
| 6 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |
| 7 | They also have no qualms about cannibalism ; my first six specimens rapidly decreased to three before realisation dawned and they were separated . |
| 8 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 9 | In my first six weeks here I had lots of battles — taking on the bigger ones . |
| 10 | ‘ I played in the friendlies against Wolves and Peterborough but I was not really fit enough , and still felt tired , but that was hardly surprising as these were my first two games . |
| 11 | Gavin Rose , of The Leas , Darlington , is 12 and joined Lol 's gym last summer : ‘ I had my first two fights a fortnight ago and I won them . |
| 12 | My first two carvings were produced from this branch : a small whale and an orangutan . |
| 13 | In fact , during my first two years at the school , this was almost the sole topic of conversation . |
| 14 | In my first two terms at St. Albans , I came twenty-fourth and twenty-third , but in my third term I came eighteenth . |
| 15 | He says : ‘ My first two marriages ended in divorce because I was too young and dreamed only of being a movie star . |
| 16 | My first two husbands were both called Steve . ’ |
| 17 | I think I have sufficiently erased most of my first eighteen years , puréed them into harmless baby food . |
| 18 | I was the centre of their universe and my first seven years sped by in a whirl of buckskin shoes , party frocks , pet rabbits and circus trips . |
| 19 | My first twenty-four hours in prison were difficult , very difficult . |
| 20 | ‘ During my first 20 years at Stirling most of the students I saw and advised were able to fulfil their aspirations . |
| 21 | Ian Snodin , back after four hamstrings and two knee operations , said : ‘ That was my first 90 minutes for two-and-a-half years , and it 's been four years since I played a full match in midfield . |
| 22 | I spent the greater part of my first twenty-one years , sleeping in the first floor back , a room somewhat smaller than my mother and father 's . |
| 23 | However , this young man , besides having the wrong car , was not the most talented of drivers and my first ten minutes were taken up with some anxiety about the likelihood of our arriving at the Consulate intact . |
| 24 | In my first ten years of headship over 100 families used the service which the school provided , often returning to share with the group the progress which had been made and to comment on the ways in which their children had responded to the advice they had been given . |
| 25 | Suppose on the other hand that as a thoroughly loyal supporter of the Fruity Party I give all of my first three preferences to all of its three candidates — to Cherry as well as to Apple and Banana . |
| 26 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 27 | And if my next fifteen years are spent pounding the pavement in search of a job without a handset in it — too bad . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're smoking my next six weeks ’ dole money , ’ I said , handing the second joint to Melanie . |
| 29 | In my next two chapters I shall attempt to compare the official curriculum in African primary schools with actual curriculum practice , and thus to contrast what official plans say should happen in schools with the realities of what actual schools and real teachers plan and provide . |
| 30 | During my next two years ' absence in Egypt Manservant and Maidservant appeared ( 1947 ) . |