Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning . |
| 2 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 3 | Western PTTs are setting up in Eastern Europe , often initially to support their multinational clients ' operations there . |
| 4 | The bad news is revealed partly by the results for the first half year and partly by the company 's prediction that its borrowings will only be down to half shareholders ' funds even at the end-of-year low point after the Christmas rush . |
| 5 | They love walking the dogs on Bude beach , 30 minutes ' drive away . |
| 6 | The landlord , a fund of local knowledge , recommended a visit to Captain Cook 's house in the village of Staithes and a trip to the North York Moors steam railway — both a few minutes ' drive away . |
| 7 | Local shopping and other amenities are close at hand and the sea is only a few minutes ' drive away , when the tide is in . |
| 8 | The house was only a few minutes ' drive away from the river . |
| 9 | Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station . |
| 10 | Just under half lived in the same household as the dementia sufferer ( 45 per cent ) ; most of the remainder lived within easy reach : 14 per cent in the same street or only a few minutes ' walk away , 20 per cent within two miles , ten per cent within five miles , and only 11 per cent further than five miles away ( although in Newham 36 per cent of the principal carers lived more than two miles away compared with only 12 per cent in Ipswich ) . |
| 11 | It 's hot , it 's happy and it 's home for the next six weeks , along with the University Arms Hotel a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 12 | A few minutes ' walk away the Boulevard Gallieni has been renamed the Boulevard Soummam but it is still spectacular : wide enough for the sun to congregate here for most of the day , not simply dropping in for an hour as it always has to in the canyon streets of Manhattan . |
| 13 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 14 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 15 | Mountain ranges , the desert and Palm Springs are just a few hours ' drive away . |
| 16 | Some editors decide whether the first set of comments have been met and send for fresh reports only for major revisions , whereas others seem to obtain fresh referees ' reports routinely . |
| 17 | If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere . |
| 18 | NIGEL MANSELL walked off with four awards at a lunch held by the British Racing Drivers ' Club yesterday . |
| 19 | To those ladies who were responsible for dealing with this charitable effort , she would offer as much as five shillings for a bundle of what appeared to them as less attractive articles , especially if they were food-stained , as some old gentlemen 's coats often were . |
| 20 | It seems to occur in some manufacturers ' products more than others , and is not a problem with ‘ safe ’ tools such as drills , but can be with bladed tools . |
| 21 | In terms of products , technology and markets , Mr Aimetti is right , but human differences of culture and language remain , and the requirements of different countries ' laws still lag far behind what the pan-European company needs . |
| 22 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 23 | In a few years ' time hopefully , we might have a different situation where we have people like Helmut Cole and the right wing in France trying to block things that er , a British Labour government wants to do . |
| 24 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
| 25 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 26 | Scottish Colourists ' work up for auction |
| 27 | And consider the cast of grants by Britain to overseas nations in need : Today , these gifts , and that is what they are , are handed out without strings , allowing the benefiting nation to spend British taxpayers ' money wherever it likes . |
| 28 | One logical solution recommended in the report would be to stop shipping in western grain and to start buying Somali farmers ' crops instead . |
| 29 | Coupon techniques may be used by one producer or supplier as a promotion for its goods or services , or the plan may include a number of different producers ' products under one name . |
| 30 | The initial orientation can not be predicted , but reversal after a few seconds ' observation always takes place in the same way . |