Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recall being in the first class and er a teacher coming to me , as I were n't paying much attention I think , and to this day I shall remember and never forget , she just folded my arms in front of me and says , Percy , you 're not listening , you 'll have to have a rest . |
| 2 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 3 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 4 | That 's where we 've been for the last twenty years so erm this company er that was already doing it and we bought it into the er into the fold . |
| 5 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 6 | We were there , too , as we have been on the first weekend of June in each of the past four years ; the roistering boys whose fever for drink and song has been jaded , ever so slightly , by contemplation of middle age and the fingering of indigestion tablets . |
| 7 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 8 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |
| 9 | Does he not realize that the people of Ulster are quite passively tolerating Dublin rule and have been since the 15th of November 1985 . |
| 10 | Two men could n't get any closer than those two have been over the last couple of years , could they ? ’ |
| 11 | Do we know what the erm the wastage rates have been over the last few years ? |
| 12 | We have , alas , no sixth form , but Frome would next year have been in the fifth , and he was old for his years . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will indicate the nature and range of discussions he has had with OFTEL on the length of time customers have had to wait to have their telephones repaired ; what changes in waiting time there have been in the last seven years ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 14 | Women in Cheltenham have been among the first to try out the NORPLANT contraceptive . |
| 15 | Antenor 's were returned to Athens after Alexander 's conquest , and stood beside their successors in Hellenistic and Roman times , but we know that the copies we have are from the second pair because they correspond to sketches on Athenian vases of the fifth century when the others were not available . |
| 16 | You will save yourself much time and trouble if you have a course of lessons from a qualified teacher ( all the information you need is in the next chapter ) . |