Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [num] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The companies involved included two car plants , six cement companies , a chemical plant , an engineering firm , a fertilizer plant , eight ghee factories and 11 roti plants . |
| 2 | This behaviour encouraged a more sophisticated experiment which involved placing two aluminium plates 3 metres apart in the tank . |
| 3 | Helen and Tony came bringing two plate tarts made by Helen and all the attention was focussed on Moira , giving Chris time to overcome his nervousness , helped by Helen 's tact . |
| 4 | She got a lodger and she , the lodger said she 'd made five phone calls . |
| 5 | Because I 'd done two prison sentences they obviously expected me to go back again . |
| 6 | And she 'd got five wolf whistles . |
| 7 | Er , there you said I 'd got three formwork gangs or four formwork gangs six a gang er and here you said I 'd got so many so we had to do that . |
| 8 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 9 | The power amp on the other hand looked like it might be a problem , until a box arrived containing three Stadium power amps . |
| 10 | Allen , the Hal Far station commander , reported seeing Deacon 's combat and confirmed observing one Messerschmitt crash into the sea ; Deacon was subsequently credited with one destroyed as a result . |
| 11 | Later BT pledged to stop 0898 phone operators using its videophones for sex shows . |
| 12 | He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival two years ago with his much-acclaimed ‘ What If Dolphins Talk Shit Too ? ’ and this summer he returned to play eight sell-out nights at the Assembly Rooms ' main theatre ( sponsored not by some Australian lager but by Stella Artois ) . |
| 13 | On January 2nd NATO agreed to send 42 fighter aircraft to defend Turkey . |
| 14 | As a result of a concerted campaign , which included replacing nine area offices with four regional ones and which is still continuing , a clear six per cent was slashed off the 1991 cost base , bringing the cost ratio down from 19.2 per cent to 15.9 per cent in 1992 . |
| 15 | We decided to buy twenty letter box stickers which I am to send for and give you the cheque to this end . |
| 16 | As the event ended , they were on course to reach the £2,000 target needed to sponsor two guide dogs . |
| 17 | Following negotiations with Justice Minister Mauricio Correa Lima on Nov. 10 , Guajajara Indians on the Canabrava reserve in the north-eastern state of Maranhao agreed to release 400 peasant farmers whom they were holding as hostages in return for a government pledge to remove 2,400 settlers and to relocate their village , Sao Pedro de Cacetes , off the reserve . |
| 18 | Despite continuing fighting , UN teams managed to repair one power line and one water pipe to the city , where utility supplies have been sporadic at best for months . |
| 19 | He did n't mind responding to a panic call at such a late hour , especially not when it meant transporting three microwave ovens up to the Hall and so getting an advance peek at the preparations . |
| 20 | Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) . |
| 21 | So Mr Fenwick agreed to donate two plastic heart valves worth £4,000 which Dave Pick will deliver personally to the Brasov area of Transylvania in Romania where the sick woman lives . |
| 22 | The CDP also expressed its concern at the fact that no polytechnic director had been on the visiting party ( in fact , when the visiting party was first put together , it did include i polytechnic director , who withdrew at the last moment ) . |
| 23 | As others followed , the Gala Water was dammed and its course altered to create three mill lades . |
| 24 | The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire . |
| 25 | I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club . |
| 26 | And er what was I going to tell you , I told you about , I talked about we had nine pawnbroker 's shops , I did n't did I , but that we did have nine pawnbroker shops in Ipswich . |
| 27 | But Alan Smith , a director of Shamrock 's parent company , confirmed the accuracy of documents in our possession and admitted : ‘ We did receive three rhesus females from Woburn for breeding purposes . |
| 28 | We did lose four equity partners along the way and had to borrow £300,000 to repay their capital accounts , but , with a turnover of around £2m , we did not consider it a problem . ’ |
| 29 | A perfect fit — a selection of six made to order 18 carat gold rings especially shaped to flatter your engagement ring ( also available in 9 carat gold ) |
| 30 | He told how Stephen began draining petrol from the car , but when he had filled two plastic bowls petrol was still flowing . |