Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [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 | They love walking the dogs on Bude beach , 30 minutes ' drive away . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Local shopping and other amenities are close at hand and the sea is only a few minutes ' drive away , when the tide is in . |
| 6 | The house was only a few minutes ' drive away from the river . |
| 7 | Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mountain ranges , the desert and Palm Springs are just a few hours ' drive away . |
| 14 | If you leave after only a few months ' experience here , believe me , you will find it hard to get a good job elsewhere . |
| 15 | NIGEL MANSELL walked off with four awards at a lunch held by the British Racing Drivers ' Club yesterday . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Scottish Colourists ' work up for auction |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The initial orientation can not be predicted , but reversal after a few seconds ' observation always takes place in the same way . |
| 23 | Yesterday the Scottish Landowners ' Federation also got in on the act , claiming that the quota sale had confirmed fears about value . |
| 24 | The Scottish Landowners ' Federation unequivocally condemns the illegal killing of protected birds . |
| 25 | The recommendation is seen as nine-tenths of the battle , the final skirmish being an EC foreign ministers ' meeting later this year to approve the commission 's recommendation that the Highlands and Islands should have Objective 1 status . |
| 26 | From Scardroy , where the public motor road ends , there is another old drovers ' route through to Loch Gowan and Achnasheen , so even without a car some interesting trips could be made taking in the Conon Corbetts by using post bus and train services . |
| 27 | OXFORD university students were branded ‘ over-privileged plonkers ’ by the editor of a top women 's magazine yesterday after a debate turned into a drunken farce . |
| 28 | The centre of San Antonio with its famous ‘ West End ’ is just a five minute stroll away and guests here are welcome to use the pool at the Brisa , about 10 minutes ' walk away . |
| 29 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , during the recent debate on the Asylum Bill , our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary pointed out that about 30,000 people are registered as asylum seekers , without their families , and that they are allowed six months ' benefit immediately upon registering as asylum seekers ? |
| 30 | Ali Aref Bourhan , the Afar politician who had been Chief Minister of the territory before independence in 1977 , was on July 12 sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment along with eight other people similarly convicted of plotting to overthrow the government [ for arrests following January 1991 coup attempt see p. 37946 ; for October 1991 hunger strike see p. 38565 ] . |