Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no time for the over-solicitous kind of welfare service which consists largely of unnecessarily doing for the deaf those things which , given a lead , they can well do for themselves . |
| 2 | My companions complained of the lack of hands-on , push-button displays , a prerequisite for the young these days , but they enjoyed the state banquet and the rooms , and were sure the show would be a great success with tourists . |
| 3 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 4 | The conference adjourned on Nov. 2 for the Spanish All Souls public holiday , and resumed the next day for bilateral talks . |
| 5 | He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days . |
| 6 | Until , it says , a number of ‘ outstanding issues ’ are resolved , Sir Norman Foster 's masterplan for the 134-acre former goods yard can not be considered ‘ even in principle ’ . |
| 7 | Defeat for the Welsh All Blacks , particularly at the fortress that is The Gnoll , is a rare occurrence , hated by the players , frowned upon by the coaches and detested by the increasing army of fans who continue to pack the ground . |
| 8 | His next target is to become the first player to reach 2,000 points for the Welsh All Blacks . |
| 9 | After all , it 's served you well for the past few hours and may now be looking forward to you treating it . |
| 10 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 11 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 12 | For the past few hours she had been too busy to think of her own problem . |
| 13 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 14 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 15 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 16 | A government supermarket in New Delhi has been selling 10 solar cookers every day for the past few months for about £20 each . |
| 17 | He could not explain it , but his putting had gone to pieces for the past few months and he was missing shots which formerly he would have holed with ease . |
| 18 | This is something we have all known for the past few months . |
| 19 | He has held the position on a part-time basis for the past few months . |
| 20 | For the past few months , the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been trying , without success , to find a drawings curator to replace Jacob Bean , who has just retired . |
| 21 | He wished Annabel were not so insecure and dependent upon him ; for the past few months , as she waited for Avanti to make up its mind , she had needed constant emotional support and reassurance from Scott , who had felt her clinging to him , almost like a physical weight on his back . |
| 22 | Christina had seen it every day for the past few months , but had to admit that tonight it looked especially magical . |
| 23 | It was an ancient emotion for Blanche , calling her home from the wasteland of tension and anger she had tramped across for the past few months . |
| 24 | ‘ I tolerated her while Ma was alive to keep the peace for Ma 's sake , except for the past few months , but no more . |
| 25 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 26 | For the past few months it 's been more or less constantly at the limit — the £300,000 cheque put it unacceptably over . " |
| 27 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 28 | All the anger , frustration and hurt finally exploded into action in violent contrast to the lethargy that had been her constant companion for the past few months . |
| 29 | I have n't read anything official from Elland Road for the past few months , so I 'm presuming that this season coming we wo n't need premier cards to go to away games . |
| 30 | The laser has been developed and built in Banbury … its been undergoing sea tests on the south coast for the past few months … |