Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
2 | The man who had the responsibility of marking Chris Waddle managed to get forward throughout the game , the first time after 12 minutes when he stole into the box to rattle the Wednesday woodwork . |
3 | David Manderson gave Scarborough the lead after six minutes when he intercepted an off-target Dave Logan shot and clipped the ball over keeper Andy Collett . |
4 | KELLY EMBERG After six years together she won £7,000 a month palimony |
5 | Connolly who grabbed the opening try after 10 minutes when he kicked through following good work from Griffiths . |
6 | If they have n't guessed after three clues then she chooses another card . |
7 | After three years there I was head-hunted by a marketing agency , D. F. & L. Associates , which was based just north of the City . |
8 | Grace was juggling a full-time job with looking after three children when she got the idea to set up her business . |
9 | Well when you 're elected as a councillor , you 've got provision for three years , that 's right , I got re-elected after three years , after three months there they changed their minds and decided to put er , a labour council in , so I mean . |
10 | A quality innings of 46 from Crowe ended after 135 minutes when he had to play a Lewis leg-cutter and the ball carried to second slip Hick , who lunged forward to reach and hold it . |
11 | If someone had gone home after 55 minutes when we were well on top and switched on his TV to see the score , he would have thought someone was playing a joke . ’ |
12 | Leading scorer Graeme Sharp put Oldham in front after 29 minutes when he headed home a Mark Brennan free-kick . |
13 | Florjancic put the game beyond the reach of West Ham after 63 minutes when he raced onto Lombardini 's through ball and easily rounded Miklosko . |
14 | Only the thickness of the crossbar prevented Booth from scoring after five minutes when he turned on a Paatelainen pass . |
15 | After five years when it seems it has been written , rewritten , proof read etc , I have now run out of answers . |
16 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
17 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |
18 | Yet it took a brilliant save by Martin to keep Hearts out after 27 minutes when he went full stretch to grab McLaren 's header from a Derek Ferguson corner at his left-hand post . |
19 | It was depressing to have to admit to herself that after four days together she was none the wiser , that , if she made the mistake again of leaving her vulnerable heart unguarded , he might once more strike her a casually cruel blow , and this time she might not recover . |
20 | After two dinners now I 've had enough . |
21 | His study was interrupted after two years when he was posted abroad and he rejoined OU three years ago . |
22 | But as I say he was the most conscientious removal man and after two years when he came in he was so upset . |
23 | Le Tissier made up for his earlier error after 72 minutes when he crashed home a 30-yard a left-foot volley but his team could find no way back . |
24 | Yes but the , the general ones we 've got in those flip you know when I was off , when I had my cartilage removed in my knee , well I was off for six weeks so I got all the photographs and put them in order , the children and us , you know ? |
25 | Ed Stafford , 37 , had bee married for six years when he divorced in 1982 . |
26 | ‘ For six years now we 've had two political groups , the High-Heels and the Low-Heels . |
27 | She 's wanted to be a doctor for six years now she 's decided |
28 | There was for six months when I was there . |
29 | He 'd been off drugs for six months when he died in that fire . ’ |
30 | Suzannah Reddan had been working at a pub in north-west London for six months when she disappeared in March 1988 . |