Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Wilson aged 43 , a married man with three children , has been employed by Humberside Heavy Haulage as a traffic clerk for five years and his current weekly wage is £120 per week . |
| 2 | worked at Hull Flake mill as a wages clerk for 14 years , retiring at 66 years of age . |
| 3 | A campaign to protect the habitat of migratory birds has been launched by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) , as part of an international initiative by Birdlife International , which seeks official protection for 2,680 sites within Europe classified as crucial for the survival of many birds . |
| 4 | The tent can be put up in as little as five seconds and has enough room to provide shade and wind protection for two adults . |
| 5 | Solent Diagnostics has introduced a new non greasy , non toxic , barrier cream skin protection product that will give full protection for four hours with one application . |
| 6 | In December 1280 Master James was granted letters of protection for seven years , probably the estimated time for completing the works he took over in 1278 . |
| 7 | It remained there in its watery grave for 44 years , until it was raised from the Loch and brought to Brooklands in 1985 . |
| 8 | Allende 's remains had been brought from the coastal town of Viña del Mar , 80 km from Santiago , where they had lain in an anonymous grave for 17 years . |
| 9 | Although the aircraft was severely broken-up on impact , the remains of its compressed wreckage have been well preserved in Peaty silt for 51 years . |
| 10 | Edgar was offered a grant for six months ; after that he was on his own . |
| 11 | Another pull for ten minutes or so brought me up on to the summit , where I sat down to have my lunch . |
| 12 | ( Henry ) Wooden , his valet for seven years who on his marriage left his service and came to Henley where he worked at the Brewery for 30 years . |
| 13 | Literary fiction may not be big in numbers but it will be big in promotions in preparation for two birthdays — 10 years for Black Swan in September , 12 for Picador in October . |
| 14 | Under preparation for three years , the bill set up the framework for the legal operation of private radio and television stations and for an independent public broadcasting system . |
| 15 | About two hours preparation for ten minutes eating . |
| 16 | In 1976 , the Smithsonian supported a scientist for 16 months on the island of Aldabra in the Seychelles to study what appeared to be a static population of goat . |
| 17 | The company has an operating concession for 15 years . |
| 18 | Davide had been asked to act as legal counsel for three candidates from Rupe , four from Corrado , and for some five others who appeared but wisely did not divulge their place of origin . |
| 19 | ‘ In May next year she will have been in remission for five years , ’ explains her mum . |
| 20 | An obstructive episode was treated with bypass enteroenteric anastomosis and maintenance prenisolone and he remained in remission for five years . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd have no qualms about playing Eddie as a striker for 90 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 22 | He makes a pact with the devil whereby the devil will be his servant and do his bidding for 24 years , after which time he will render up his immortal soul . |
| 23 | Well er ha you know I found myself after Budgie managing a singer called Leo and that led to a lot of interesting business and getting involved an , and I sort of forgot Adam Faith for ten years and just got diverted really . |
| 24 | During heat waves , companions walked beside me in shorts and a T-shirt , while I lurched along in two tons of wool , certain in the knowledge that removing the jumper for 30 seconds would result in instant death by exposure . |
| 25 | ‘ I could go to see Lewis Watts , he was my dad 's apprentice for five years when I was a little sprout like you just learning the trade . |
| 26 | It is not just a romantic attachment between two individuals to the exclusion of the world at large . |
| 27 | All-Line Rail Rover tickets which offer unlimited travel on British Rail for seven days are £210 ( £340 first class ) . |
| 28 | No other country in Europe possesses this sharp division between two sides of the same industry . |
| 29 | The division between two schools of thought is nowhere more apparent than in the field of Zambian foreign policy . |
| 30 | Prevailing Aristotelian philosophy also affirmed a fundamental division between two regions in the cosmos . |