Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards the anatomical studies of late times , with very varied utilization of the microscope , and the otherwise greatly improved means of minute structural investigation , I need hardly say that , by them during the last thirty years , great parts of the science of disease have been completely transfigured . |
| 2 | We read , for instance , that Spalding ‘ has now a very neat and generally modern appearance , having more than doubled its population and buildings since 1811 , and most of its ancient houses and public buildings have been rebuilt ; many of them during the last twenty-five years ’ . |
| 3 | with them during the next two |
| 4 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 5 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 6 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 7 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
| 8 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 9 | You 've put up with me for the last ten days . ’ |
| 10 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 11 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |
| 12 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 13 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 14 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 15 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 16 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 17 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 18 | We stand with them for the last gloomy minutes till the clock strikes the hour . |
| 19 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 20 | That does not mean we will hear nothing from them for the next 25 days . |
| 21 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 22 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 23 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 24 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 25 | I wondered whether there was anything in the teaching of Tai-Fing that could get me through the next half an hour . |
| 26 | The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan . |
| 27 | Just how petty , greedy and self-interested others really are will be made perfectly clear to you during the next few days and your reaction to them may well be to decide to turn off the charm and the money supply forthwith . |
| 28 | You times the last 6 ways by 4 to get 24 . |
| 29 | Where were you for the first eight ? |
| 30 | Try and keep them dry , and take the painkillers we 'll give you for the first few days . |