Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village eight cops moved in for another raid on a gay bar . |
| 2 | He has asked the bank 's 160,000 shareholders to stump up another 90 billion roubles to finance modernisation . |
| 3 | A further fifty cases followed up showed a bereavement or separation in forty-six cases and thirty-nine of the forty-six had associated guilt , anger or resentment . |
| 4 | Mr. Cousins argues that a farmer with 1,000 acres , of which 50 acres would be set-aside , would hardly notice eight acres given up to non-rotational set-aside . |
| 5 | That may be so Chairman , but with these two four bedroom houses there could be another six to eight cars coming out of that entrance , |
| 6 | I I do n't agree with another half a dozen or eight cars coming out of that . |
| 7 | Jack 's last game for the Palace first team was on Easter Saturday , 3 April 1926 , when he helped Palace to a 1–1 draw at Gillingham , but 7,000 fans turned up for his Benefit match at Selhurst Park a little over a year later to show their appreciation of as fine a player as ever wore the Palace colours . |
| 8 | But there 's not fifty channels put on . |
| 9 | This square is very large and was originally faced with 70 offices carrying on trade with the whole ancient world . |
| 10 | But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc . |
| 11 | The major promotion is the beginning of the reappearance of the complete works of Trollope , all 53 titles coming out throughout the year from Penguin . |
| 12 | In the 118 cases mentioned in at least one national newspaper ( 70 were in only local papers ) , there were only 19 cases ( 16 per cent ) where the coverage of the incident lasted more than one day , and only 8 where this lasted several days . |
| 13 | Arrange the aubergines in a large colander and sprinkle generously with salt , then set aside for 30 minutes to draw out the juices . |
| 14 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've only got one hour and forty-five minutes to get back to Planet Centram . ’ |
| 16 | Bring slowly to the boil and simmer for 5–6 hours topping up the saucepan with boiling water from time to time . |
| 17 | The British plant takes 53 hours to turn out each car , the Spanish factory 30 hours . |
| 18 | At this pressure the H 2 molecules break up . |
| 19 | Napoleon then climbed a pyramid to tell his triumphant forces that " From these monuments forty centuries look down upon you " . |
| 20 | In the final quarter of an hour more than forty parties drew up in this same agitation ; and the closer they were to the final minute , the wilder their excitement to give in their cards . |
| 21 | Twelve of the 30 units making up the new HND in Social Care . |
| 22 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 23 | The Committee took just under 12 months to carry out its investigation . |
| 24 | The Board of Inquiry could take 12 months to report back . |
| 25 | In a scheme expected to take between six and 12 months to set up , 30 per cent of the capital would be set aside exclusively for Romanian nationals in five private ownership funds . |
| 26 | After completion a random block of 12 months brought in £172 : 1s. : 3d . |
| 27 | The U.S. Open Champion is one of seven golfers who earned in excess of $1 million in the 12 months leading up to the World Series of Golf at the end of August . |
| 28 | At 3 a shot , its 800 feet work out at 1p for every 2.6ft — compared with 0.9ft for Blackpool Tower and 1.7ft for Paris 's Eiffel Tower . |
| 29 | Of the 49 visits carried out during the year ( 42 routine , seven investigative ) , four were satisfactory , 13 reasonable , 25 not satisfactory and seven unacceptable . |
| 30 | At once the gangway came alive , trembling and shaking and bucking as forty feet slammed up it . |