Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [num] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 If you had four things and you wanted to divide them between four people
2 But she sells them to me for fifty pence a packet still .
3 ( ii ) Wash embryos three times through warm M2 + BSA ( Table 5 ) then incubate them for 5–7 min in complement diluted between 1 in 5 and 1 in 10 in phosphate-buffered saline ( PBS ) .
4 We 've paid them for fifty percent of the F O B costs , er because they said , Unless you pay us , we wo n't load .
5 Now she gets them and she sells them for ten quid .
6 Well yeah , and yes they 've just asked them for forty grand more have n't they ?
7 he bought them for three quid ?
8 So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them .
9 H. P. If your face did n't fit , they could get rid of you within twelve months.There was this bobby , a big chap over six feet , very dour , from the Hebrides — he 'd only seen sheep .
10 ‘ No worries , I 'll start you on thirty quid a week .
11 Mountain lifts : The Valluga Peak cable car takes you to 9,220 ft and a magnificent view .
12 Let's say then , I just , I used to have to work on eleven appointments a week because if I had eleven appointments a week , two people would perhaps blow me out , change their minds , two people would rearrange , two people would say no thank you , and another two would say , yes , but I need to do it next month , which might leave me with two sales .
13 He then presented me with three sheep , after which all his family and relations asked for presents .
14 If possible , always lift them with two people and take great care not to drag the skin in any way that could cause tearing .
15 The best advice now available is to cut down on Omega-6 fats and balance them with Omega-3 fish oils .
16 EPRDF forces captured Mezezo in the Shoa region on March 19 , bringing them within 50 km of Addis Ababa .
17 ‘ We have already used them in two series at home — against India when they had two umpires from England and against the West Indies when both umpires were Indian .
18 An alternative for viewing and drawing small peels or segments of larger peels is to mount them in 35 mm transparency mounts ( preferably with glass both sides ) and to project them on to white paper or card , on which tracings can be made .
19 Jessica announced she felt pissed and would have to go onto lemonade or leave the car outside the Amsterdam all night — which raised guffaws as to what she thought she 'd find left of it the morrow — and Mallachy offered to drive it home for her for twenty quid plus his taxi back , although he did n't have a licence .
20 ‘ If you do n't ask him with 100 percent commitment and effort he wo n't do it , yet the feeling I got when it suddenly clicked was just amazing ! ’
21 Without resources , unable to earn a living , at the mercy of at least two Federal agencies determined to silence him by one means or another , and now set up as a government-approved target for any stray kook or fanatic , Coleman had to find a more defensible position .
22 and you wanted to divide them among four people
23 You can have it for five quid .
24 , well the job 's worth more than ninety quid , I said , I do n't do it for ninety quid !
25 And er so he comes round and he says er why wo n't you do it for ninety quid ?
26 See I , mind you whenever I 'm late you see I can get on it for twenty pence except for first thing in morning .
27 Because he knows that somebody else has has been offered it for twenty quid .
28 So it 's worth it for twenty quid in n it ?
29 You can get a like , a similar one to this , perhaps not as good as this one but buy it for twenty quid nearly .
30 He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’
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