Example sentences of "[pron] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'll give me fifty pence for that at the souvenir shop , ’ Adam said . |
| 2 | Etienne Saqr , who used the name Abu Arz , the Father of the Cedars ’ — one of the more psychopathic of the minor Christian militia leaders — commanded a group which specialised in cruelty , whose men tied Palestinian prisoners to the backs of taxis and then dragged them 12 miles up the motorway to Jounieh . |
| 3 | but Julia said to me before she came round with Hayden she said er , cos her mum and dad are still there , not her mum and dad , her mum and step dad are still there , they 're only giving them forty pounds for nine weeks , forty pounds towards the mortgage like you know , been there since after Christmas and erm , anyway she said ooh she said , Steve said er , that 's her husband , said to me ooh is n't Emily well mannered she said , she does n't walk in the house , she waits in the doorstep you know |
| 4 | He led the People of Israel out of slavery in Egypt , led them through the Red Sea , led them forty years in the wilderness and brought them safely to Palestine , Eretz Yisroel . ’ |
| 5 | I replaced the sealed beam units in my 1971 IIA with halogen quad optic lamps . |
| 6 | Fortunate indeed for the club for I rate Lawrence the best all-round manager Boro have had in my 32 years on the Ayresome Park beat . |
| 7 | My 2 years of hell , by cleared MP |
| 8 | ‘ In terms of my 30 years in stockbroking I think the past three years have been the most interesting , if interesting is the right word . |
| 9 | I have only seen one such case in my 10 years in general practice … |
| 10 | Apart from passing regret at the thought of losing so much money for old rope , my immediate reaction was to compare the fee for writing a letter of consent with what my 47 years of toil in journalism will soon produce by way of a pension . |
| 11 | There was the usual extra food for Christmas and we allowed ourselves three slices of bread each for breakfast instead of two . |
| 12 | He said : ’ I 'm aware that what we 're saying may be used but we do believe it is the most energising thing that has happened in my 21 years as a GP It has been good for care , public health and management . ’ |
| 13 | If I am not completely satisfied , I will return my three books within 10 days , my membership will be cancelled and I will owe nothing . |
| 14 | My three months as a volunteer |
| 15 | So during my three years at University College Swansea I carried on at the shop in the evenings doing the ordering , and on Saturdays running the general book department and the educational department . |
| 16 | My Lords , er the principle of co-option has been described as by a number of Your Lordships as an extension of principal of democracy , but I call on my experience not as er of a year as er Minister for the Police under my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw , but my three years as Minister for the Prison Service er and er in that er service , there was erm in each prison a Board of Prison Visitors and I observed during that time that the membership of the prison population was becoming increasingly black , but that the membership of the er Boards of Prison Governors was remaining stubbornly white and I er put it , I made it then that I thought there should be something to redress this balance er the system is as it were a supervised co-option , the local er Board makes a proposal and the Minister approves or does n't , but also I had to refuse five successive of proposed co-options of white members to an all-white prison board for a prison which was predominantly black in population because it was alleged there were no suitable black people available . |
| 17 | ‘ In my 35 years of dealing this is the greatest sculpture that has ever come on to the market , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ But I am sad and disappointed in my 11 years with Newcastle I have found them players worth millions . ’ |
| 19 | This same man wrote that he ‘ could not remember having ever felt , during my 52 years of life , the slightest symptoms of that curious disease — ambition — which craves for leadership , honour , money , or notoriety ’ . |
| 20 | In my 17 years as a clergyman , I have hardly talked to white people . ’ |
| 21 | During my 17 years in local government I served as the chairman of the finance committee in Ealing . |
| 22 | Can you take my eighty P for this so we can go . |
| 23 | To rescue some purpose to my 6 hour round trip ( that 's how desperate I was to part with my money ! ) |
| 24 | " Re U 128 — representatives this Headquarters will arrive yours 25 May for discussion policy on lines suggested as follows : |
| 25 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 26 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 27 | I have enjoyed my twelve months as secretary and would like to thank the other committee members for their help and support , especially Alan . |
| 28 | I served my time in both India , Palestine , Gibraltar , Egypt and these sort of places abroad and when I , I nine months of my colour service to finish , which were a twelve year service , when war broke out in nineteen thirty nine . |
| 29 | In this respect I was indeed fortunate to have such sensitive , understanding and adroit colleagues as Tony Geluch , Jimmy Gilmore and Don Horne working with me on hundreds of productions over my nine years at CBR . |
| 30 | Certainly the people I got to know during my fifteen months on the sports circuit for the Sunday Correspondent readily confirmed my own impression that McIlvanney is the best in the business . |