Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the publication of the figures James May , director general of the British Retail Consortium , said : ‘ While retailers are cautiously optimistic for a reasonable Christmas , any significant improvement in sales is not expected till well into next year . ’ |
| 2 | By 1979 our fleet of cutters had grown to nine vessels and with the old " V " boats , Venturous , Valiant and Vigilant supported by our new dashing Trackers , Alert , Active , Champion , Challenge , Swift and Safeguard we had a force to be reckoned with as at last the big drug smuggling syndicates began to find to their cost . |
| 3 | 4/The outline of the head-dress started , drawn in lightly at first and then more positively . |
| 4 | We 're going to now from first of all I 'll say it in order and then you can come up . |
| 5 | From Sept 7 until Oct 30 the park closes at 5pm with last admissions at 3pm . |
| 6 | again after the war , in this country , they erm , the lighting manufacturers never got round to it , there are too many er , there 's , there was too much call for er lighting in offices , shops , schools and that sort of thing and er , so a lot of the idea did come from abroad at first , the er Fin |
| 7 | Its business includes taking deposits and lending money and it has specialised until recently in second mortgages for home-owners . |