Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them got thirty years . |
| 2 | The operation to free them involved four teams of three men from mines rescue centres at Selby and Doncaster working in 10-minute shifts to claw away debris from a bottom corner of the fall . |
| 3 | ‘ But there is one thing that does very much interest me , as it happens … and that 's your answer to my question … the one I asked five minutes ago and to which you have so far avoided giving an answer … ’ |
| 4 | I asked three teachers where she was and they said she was n't in |
| 5 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 6 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
| 7 | I mean The Sun is absolutely I mean I did tr have a go at reading the first one and I thought well I ca n't read this trash any longer , think I read two pages . |
| 8 | I made two attempts but they both failed , each time my fear of water proved too much . |
| 9 | I made two attempts . |
| 10 | E/A kept on steady course at about 220mph until attacked , when he dived down to sea level at about 250–280pmh [ sic ] and I made two attacks one at 16000 when E/A took slight evasive action by executing gentle turns . |
| 11 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 12 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 13 | They 'd got ta be secure as you could imagine and er not easily picked , if you follow what I mean and er yes , made I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 14 | The vow I made four years ago that someday I would go on the Boards . |
| 15 | I made 27 calls to Central Office , of which the best was the last . |
| 16 | In my first year as Beattie I made eighteen commercials . |
| 17 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
| 18 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 19 | I posted two scripts for a series to be called ‘ The Raconteur ’ , which were a collection of after-dinner stories tied together by narration . |
| 20 | For these quite complex compositions I produced three layouts of each chart , each gradually increasing in detail until the approximate position of the elements has been decided . |
| 21 | It was much later on in my thirties and on one occasion even later than that , when I met two men who at different times became very special to me . |
| 22 | I met 15 women , all of whom said they wanted to learn machine knitting , but most of whom were afraid of taking responsibility for the machine . |
| 23 | Some of my friendships from then I have retained and someone I met twenty years ago I still live with . |
| 24 | Where is your proof that I garrotted two men , not to mention an old woman , in London ? |
| 25 | Businessman Tim Godwin last night paid tribute to ‘ the remarkable woman I shared 11 years of my life with ’ . |
| 26 | Erm I think I sold twenty crackers . |
| 27 | I rode 12 miles to the start , hid the bike and set off . |
| 28 | I checked two items at random . |
| 29 | I got 18 months , six of them suspended . |
| 30 | Mind you I was I was still on three years in in colours and and then I got nine years reserve to do after that . |