Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My chance came four days after my visit to Wuthering Heights . |
| 2 | My mother has lived with me and run my house since my wife died four years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ My father died four months ago , ’ he told her quietly . |
| 4 | My mother had four children in six years , and we were a very close-knit family . ’ |
| 5 | My mother had four children she had bring up , without anything for the first two years , how the hell she managed it , I do n't know ! |
| 6 | When Kimi lost the babies last April , her sister took four days off . |
| 7 | The body has contained 27 persons at one time , and its liver produced four hogsheads of oil … |
| 8 | Voters were asked whether they wished to change the current system — by which voters indicated four candidates from their chosen party in a descending order of preference — and to use instead a system allowing one vote for one candidate only . |
| 9 | Their circle of acquaintances included the cheesemonger and horn-player Ignaz Leutgeb ( for whom Mozart wrote four concertos between 1183 and 1791 , spattered with jocular comments on Leutgeb 's technical shortcomings — ‘ Bravo ! ’ and ‘ Oh , you donkey ! ’ ) ; |
| 10 | The Turks , whose team contained four members of the squad which won the European youth championship last summer , were always the more cohesive unit and the more skilful collection of individuals . |
| 11 | When they reached it Sarah counted four children playing near the turf-sided lock , and fears for Angel 's safety immediately sprang to mind . |
| 12 | He had to drive his two daughters to school since his wife died four years ago and needed his licence , he said . |
| 13 | His rash lasted four days . |
| 14 | ‘ Your grandmother died four months ago ; has her death had much effect on family relationships ? ’ |