Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the desert with my family and through the perils of the desert and erm it took us about eight hours to go through the desert , which normally takes two hours , and it was very difficult . |
| 2 | It 's only when you choose the eight fonts to use on a particular worksheet that the impressive range of fonts available becomes apparent |
| 3 | With only eight months to go before the closure of Staveley sheds , a local class 04 trundles down from Arkwright on a rake of coal empties from Kirkby Bentinck No. 63701 will deposit the train at Staveley , some two miles down the track , and beyond Duckmanton North Junction ( below ) seen in the distance . |
| 4 | The first 500 readers to write to The Sugar Bureau will get a free copy of Easy Cooking On A Budget . |
| 5 | Of the more than fifty books to come from the press , there is no doubt that the finest was his Chaucer of 1896 , reckoned by many to be the greatest book printed in England since Caxton , of which he printed 425 copies with an additional thirteen on vellum . |
| 6 | ‘ In cases of multiple debt , we reckon on 12 hours to work through the inquiry , ’ she added . |
| 7 | Early last November , invitations were issued to 12 institutions to participate in the project . |
| 8 | 30 per cent of those invited to an advisory interview after 12 months to start on a Jobplan workshop |
| 9 | The official added : ‘ There 's another 12 months to run on the ITV 's domestic deal and then it 's up for grabs . |
| 10 | But the beleaguered taxpayer has just over 12 months to prepare for the changes — by which time the Chancellor hopes an improved economy will soften the blow . |
| 11 | The Ministers had as many as 140 appointments to make to the Area Boards and Central Authority ( 43 of them full-time ) . |
| 12 | Former County Donegal coach No. 28 leaves the caravan site that has been its home for 30 years to return to the railway . |
| 13 | ‘ It took us 22 years to get to a billion dollars a quarter in revenues and , thanks to the explosion in demand for the 80486 chip , less than three years to get to two billion dollars a quarter , ’ said president Andrew Grove . |
| 14 | The young centre cut inside where Lyn Jones was at his elbow and the open-side flanker galloped 30 yards to score near the posts , Stephens converting . |
| 15 | So we 'd got about forty yards to march to the er the van before we even got that on board . |
| 16 | The outbound time of 1 minute was increased by 30 seconds to allow for the 30 kt wind component . |
| 17 | The speed of separation — the solution only takes about 30 seconds to move through the outer tube — also prevents too much heating . |
| 18 | Hello again , 2 points to make about the FFL |
| 19 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 20 | Second division , Swansea away in the cup was never going to be an easy ticket for Oxford , but when Nick Cusack scored with just over 10 minutes to go at the Vetch Field , United looked a good bet for the 4th round . |
| 21 | It can take 10 minutes to get off the train . ’ |
| 22 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 23 | The chicken korma will take six hours to cook in a specially-built giant gas-fired pan at the Ideal Home Exhibition in London . |
| 24 | The Skegness Festival in 1938 had a Carnival Procession which took five or six hours to get through the town , the Rector of Stiffkey now forgotten . |
| 25 | It took the Belgians six hours to rush to the defence of the Red Cross compound and by that time the fighting was over . |
| 26 | The judge , who took just 45 minutes to decide on the sentences , said he accepted Fraser was a drug addict who had admitted what he had done . |
| 27 | Leeds scored through Wallace with 7 minutes to go in an evenly matched game . |
| 28 | • Over 100 books to choose from EVERY MONTH |
| 29 | Of these 500 , we 'll pick out six readers to act as the stars of the project . |
| 30 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |