Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing that every day for fifty one years he actually wore a trench in the solid concrete floor . |
| 2 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 3 | For forty three years it has been the jewel in the crown of the Labour Party legislation and for forty three years the Labour Party has defended the National Health Service against all comers . |
| 4 | After six competitive games it became clear to me that the standard of football required in the Multivite/Singletons League Division Three was way beyond his ability and so , sadly , I felt the club was no longer able to accommodate him as a player . |
| 5 | France switched its nuclear programme to the South Pacific in 1966 , and after 44 atmospheric tests it began underground testing in 1975 . |
| 6 | After 100 miraculous kilometres we met the other bus returning to Francistown . |
| 7 | ‘ The tables are fun to use and after 10 one-hour sessions I did feel slimmer and more enthusiastic about exercise in general , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Because now after one hundred metres you 've got two posts after two hundred metres you 've got three posts , after three hundred metres you got four posts , after four hundred metres you 've got five posts but after you 've five hundred metres you 've only got five posts cos that one doubles up . |
| 9 | But after three such encounters he said he realized this was because after eight years she had stopped loving him and he made his famous remark about adultery . |
| 10 | After three sticky nights we called it a day . |
| 11 | After three dormant years it began humming like a computer , sucking in information of which it had been starved , until my head began to hurt physically with the effort . |
| 12 | After three different versions I decided on the plain raincoat shape , tied with a belt . ’ |
| 13 | After fifteen thousand years they were very good at it ! |
| 14 | Because now after one hundred metres you 've got two posts after two hundred metres you 've got three posts , after three hundred metres you got four posts , after four hundred metres you 've got five posts but after you 've five hundred metres you 've only got five posts cos that one doubles up . |
| 15 | The first crossing of the Atlantic entirely under steam power was made in 1833 and the ships which travelled that route were among the most famous in the history of steamships : the Mauretania held the Blue Riband or the fastest Atlantic crossing , but after twenty two years it was won by the Queen May . |
| 16 | After twenty slow minutes he 's clear . |
| 17 | Because now after one hundred metres you 've got two posts after two hundred metres you 've got three posts , after three hundred metres you got four posts , after four hundred metres you 've got five posts but after you 've five hundred metres you 've only got five posts cos that one doubles up . |
| 18 | After two easy days you 're ready for a workout that includes a warm-up , then a hard effort in the middle and a warm-down . |
| 19 | And coming after two away wins we must wonder what more we have to do . |
| 20 | Because now after one hundred metres you 've got two posts after two hundred metres you 've got three posts , after three hundred metres you got four posts , after four hundred metres you 've got five posts but after you 've five hundred metres you 've only got five posts cos that one doubles up . |
| 21 | After two exhausting hours we had to give in to the flames . |
| 22 | After two more attempts he tried the door ; it was unsecured and it opened into a little hall from which stairs led upwards . |
| 23 | After thirty long years it was time to forget the past . |
| 24 | Built in the year nine O nine , for six hundred years it was the largest enclosed building in the world . |
| 25 | family and they put me onto valium , but having worked in psychiatric I knew the results of valium , so I I gradually broke them down and got off them but for six full months I could n't sleep |
| 26 | We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again . |
| 27 | This has sensibly not escaped the British heavyweight champion ; so for all the understandable excitement felt when knocking out Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round , by far the most important of 32 consecutive victories he has achieved since turning professional in 1984 , he was not reluctant to focus on the flaws . |
| 28 | You flew a total of forty three missions it says here . |
| 29 | To illustrate this I propose to write of three other areas I have visited , Australia , Pakistan and USA . |
| 30 | Killer of three elderly women he had robbed . |