Example sentences of "[prep] five [noun] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the thickness of the crossbar prevented Booth from scoring after five minutes when he turned on a Paatelainen pass . |
| 2 | After five years when it seems it has been written , rewritten , proof read etc , I have now run out of answers . |
| 3 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 4 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |
| 5 | Consequently , the sample group had been using heroin for an average of five years when they were interviewed . |
| 6 | The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 . |
| 7 | In five weeks only we 'll be on our ‘ summer ’ holiday at Dornie — there will be trouble if it has n't cheered up by then . |
| 8 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 9 | Corbett had been alone with her for five minutes when she died , but Mr Justice McKinnon told the jury ’ You simply could not be sure that in the short time Danielle was under his control he caused her death . |
| 10 | He was around for five minutes when I arrived and then he vanished . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not big on soaps , though I was in The Newcomers for five weeks when I was about 14 or 15 . |
| 12 | The 43-year-old dance king who grew up in Hartlepool , says : ‘ I was in plaster for five weeks when I injured my knee ligaments . |
| 13 | For example , if during the separation period you have attempted a reconciliation for five months then you must wait |
| 14 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 15 | ‘ I could go to see Lewis Watts , he was my dad 's apprentice for five years when I was a little sprout like you just learning the trade . |
| 16 | So when I 'm seeing clients mainly at the end of a , of a three year , fixed-rate deposit , again at five years when we get a National Savings maturing , and so on and so forth . |