Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tesco gave up 15½p to 242p on the week , even though profits for last year are expected to be £123 million up at £540 million . |
| 32 | On leaving Malaya , Skinner joined the 33rd Parachute Light Regiment , RA , at Aldershot , as a troop commander ; in 1960 he went as Adjutant to 95th Amphibious Operations Regiment , RA , in Malta . |
| 33 | When Allen at last found a crevice secure enough to trust to he looked over to find that he was peering into the little courtyard onto the rain-wet backs of the dejected horses . |
| 34 | They have proved there is such a thing as love at first sight . ’ |
| 35 | Their influence declined only slowly after the war because British military operations continued around the world as Britain at first struggled to retain her empire , and then , after Suez , fought to bring about a prudent and dignified withdrawal from colonial responsibility . |
| 36 | WHEN it comes to fashion , my fiance has got about as much style as Compo in Last of the Summer Wine . |
| 37 | WHEN it comes to fashion , my fiance has got about as much style as Compo in Last of the Summer Wine . |
| 38 | Glass as shadow of fourth dimension he wrote Patience , he wrote Do not run ahead of yourself . |
| 39 | When Wycliffe at last started to ask questions they were not the ones she had expected . |
| 40 | Puppies often tend to see coats as playthings at first , and try to pull them off their backs , rolling around the ground in the process . |
| 41 | ‘ This would not have happened with Mr Chatto or Mr Windus , ’ said the female novelist , as Penelope at last managed to get her out of the building . |
| 42 | The King , in his capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of 1st Battalion The Green Howards ( Alexandra , Princess of Wales 's Own Yorkshire Regiment ) , was paying a visit to present new Colours upon the occasion of the regiment 's tercentenary celebrations . |