Example sentences of "[prep] [art] five [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 2 | Budd 's tome Zola , written for her , pours out the turmoil and blame for the five years she spent trying to run with a foot in two worlds . |
| 3 | This was later found to be untrue , as neither of her daughters nor her son received any schooling or tuition of any sort for the five weeks they were away . |
| 4 | It was during the five years he spent in Orkney that he began to make a name for himself in the field of English-language studies ; he was also the writer of the ‘ Orcadian Boatman 's Song ’ . |
| 5 | Actually , I did n't go to the hairdresser once during the five months I was in Private Lives and my hair became healthier from not being subjected to heated rollers or setting lotion . |
| 6 | The result of his labours during the five months he had been there is a collection consisting of 500 Birds ; 100 Skeletons , 60 nests , the eggs of alike [ sic ] No. of species , and 3 nine gallon Kegs of specimens in spirits … |
| 7 | I WRITE in appreciation of Broadgreen Hospital for the wonderful attention and care accorded to me from all the staff during the five days I spent there . |
| 8 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 9 | In two of the five cases it was the informal carer ( a husband , and a wife ) who refused help , saying that they could manage and did not need assistance . |
| 10 | Atkinson ( the manager ) says his bottom-of-the-table team were so bad in one of the five defeats they have suffered in eight First Division games that he found himself joining in with the cries for his dismissal . |
| 11 | In one of the five proceedings it has brought to date , the take-over bid for Alfa-Laval , vertical integration was the only issue under investigation . |
| 12 | And about every five minutes she says ‘ There 's six cars down there ’ . |
| 13 | For every five hours we spent hugger-mugger over The Dark Side of the Moon , we spent ten minutes listening to Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas . |
| 14 | The snow machine costs £70 to hire and £15 for every five litres it spews out . |
| 15 | And then with the five pennies we could say well penny between you two , penny between you two , another penny between you two , between you two , an . |
| 16 | He is going through a dry patch at the moment as he has won only on match in the five tournaments he has played so far this year but I am sure he will work his way back again , he has got it in him . |
| 17 | This , I have argued , is evident both at the level of theoretical explanations and in the common-sense models of understanding which are deployed in the five statements I have quoted . |
| 18 | More than 2,700 children went through the paediatrics department at Middlesbrough General in the five months she was there . |
| 19 | She would ‘ have to make a very special effort ’ to build the links with other professionals — GPs , the police , consultants and others on which she had barely had time to start in the five months she was there . |
| 20 | But I must say , in the five years they were together I 've never seen Sarah so happy and contented . |
| 21 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 22 | In the five years I played with Mayall , there was Hughie Flint , Aynsley Dunbar , Micky Waller , Mick Fleetwood and then Keef Hartley . |
| 23 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 24 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 25 | Over the whole period , the front on the Right Bank never shifted as much as 1 , OOO yards ; for the Germans , a bitter contrast to the five miles they had advanced in the first four days of the offensive . |
| 26 | On your own , look at the five guidelines you have written down . |