Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] several [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 2 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 3 | In the first case of its kind since the introduction of that offence by the USSR Supreme Soviet on May 14 , 1990 , she pleaded guilty to charges that on several occasions she had insulted Gorbachev , for example by calling him a " fascist criminal " and comparing him to Hitler . |
| 4 | The master took the opportunity to complain further to the Board that on several occasions he had drawn the medical officer 's attention to an inmate , William Sabey , who was at times a danger to others and had attempted to stab the labour master . |
| 5 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 6 | He turned into the one occupied by his stepmother , switched off the motor , and for several moments they sat looking at the house whose drawn blinds and closed windows seemed to proclaim its emptiness . |
| 7 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 8 | In addition , large numbers of drifter buoys were launched into the ocean off Peru and for several months they were tracked via the Argos satellite as they drifted with the surface currents . |
| 9 | The shop 's three glass doors and old-fashioned set of windows were all adorned with window boxes and hanging baskets and for several years it won a Bath Festival award for the best floral shop facade in the City . |
| 10 | Rose was also a skilful card player , and for several years she was world champion at poker . |
| 11 | I became so worried that we went to our G.P. and after several visits he suggested an allergy to cows milk : so we tried a milk free diet ( its harder than you think once you start looking at contents labels ) . |
| 12 | Newspaper accounts of open-cast coal workings led him to Cowdenbeath in Fife and after several visits he found the remains he was locking for . |
| 13 | Says Murray : ‘ I was my room with a pal and after several drinks I started doing conjuring tricks — making cigarettes and bottle tops disappear . |
| 14 | Bishop John Fordham in 1384 appointed Lewyn a commissioner of array for the city of Durham , and with several partners he was granted the borough of Durham to farm , and he was also engaged in the export of wool overseas . |
| 15 | The appeals committee rarely disagrees with decisions of the control and disciplinary committee and in several cases it has actually increased the punishment . |
| 16 | She defended militancy , arguing that the violence of the suffragettes was vastly outweighed by the force used against them , and on several occasions she was imprisoned and subjected to force-feeding in Holloway gaol . |
| 17 | Work kept her busy , and on several occasions she actually enjoyed her job . |
| 18 | At times he got impatient , if Rory failed to grasp a point , and on several occasions he glossed over figures that Rory raised a query on , assured him it was all in hand , there was nothing he need bother with . |
| 19 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 20 | But for several years it remained extremely basic , with only small , medium and large sizes remotely possible so long as the styles were kept simple . |
| 21 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 22 | But in several ways it illustrates the group 's strengths : size combined with flair , a strong French base from which to develop business abroad , and a flexible structure . |
| 23 | Their parents like to leave toys by the graves , but on several occasions they 've returned the next day to find them missing . |
| 24 | In particular , since in several cases it seems to involve a conflict of time reference , we must note that what is involved is not the same as a superficially rather similar phenomenon which was the subject of a useful discussion by Bach ( 1968 ) — all the more so because some of his examples are ambiguous and could also be covered by this case . |
| 25 | And Anglican laymen in America may have felt that a bishop from across the ocean would be harder to influence than the local clergy , many of whom were American by origin , though in several cases they had gone to Britain to complete their education . |