Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] a number of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , collaborative writing ( writing in pairs , threes , fours and sustained over a number of sessions ) began to increase . |
| 2 | They showed that each class normally appeared first in a very generalized form , from which radiated out a number of lines of development each leading towards a specialized modification of the class for a particular way of life . |
| 3 | Lisandro Abadia , Aquino passed over a number of more senior figures , including Aguirre — the country 's third-ranking officer — and his immediate superior , Maj.-Gen. |
| 4 | There are many tests of children 's language which have been developed and marketed over a number of years . |
| 5 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Callaghan primed sympathetic colleagues to counter Benn , as Bill Rodgers , then Transport Secretary , remembers : ‘ Jim Callaghan tipped off a number of people to have their questions ready and [ Benn 's paper ] was completely massacred … . |
| 7 | On 31 August Mitchum and Ford , after spending the day looking for property to buy , knocked back a number of whiskies between them . |
| 8 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 9 | We trooped round a number of venture capital funds and discussed the options . |
| 10 | Stirling took on a number of officers and men from the disbanded Special Service Regiment and the rest were distributed elsewhere , as few of them were suitable for SAS training . |
| 11 | The new government , which brought in a number of technocrats to take over key economic portfolios , did not , however , include any members of the opposition or resistance movements . |
| 12 | The ten London United cars on the Mitcham route were displaced by an extension of route 30 to West Croydon late in 1933 and being shedded at Sutton , they took over a number of workings on the Sutton route , but not all . |
| 13 | Wallich based his refutation mainly on a Bulldog sounding , at a depth of some 2,300 metres , which brought up a number of brittle-stars entangled in the line . |
| 14 | Side by side with this grew up a number of smaller specialised departments — a bureau des fonds which dealt with the ministry 's own internal finances , the surveillance of foreigners in France , questions of diplomatic privilege and a wide variety of other relatively minor issues ; a bureau des interprètes which took shape in the 1750s and 1760s and was given definitive form in 1768 ; a department concerned with codes and cyphers ; and a geographical one which by the 1780s had a remarkable collection of about 10,000 maps . |
| 15 | Afterwards , he returned to the desk , where he opened one of the smaller drawers , and from it counted out a number of shiny coins … totalling four guineas in all . |
| 16 | From a drawer of her desk she brought out a number of pink slips clipped together and she separated the top three . |
| 17 | He subsequently took out a number of patents in these two fields , the most valuable being in 1875 for the making of copper rollers for calico printing . |
| 18 | During the course of the next two years , Somerset 's government brought about a number of Protestant reforms , including the dissolution of the chantries and the introduction of an English Prayer Book and a new liturgy for the mass . |
| 19 | The scale of the new industries brought about a number of visual changes , some of them unexpected . |
| 20 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |
| 21 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 22 | THE owner of a historic hill fort is facing prosecution after police and RSPCA officers rounded up a number of wild animals . |
| 23 | Working with the BRE and with TRADA , he carried out a number of pilot schemes and produced a manual of timber frame design and construction . |
| 24 | They landed agents from submarines and carried out a number of successful demolition raids along the Italian coast . |
| 25 | Pleydell and his small group of medical orderlies carried out a number of quite complicated operations whilst crouching under bushes and being machine-gunned from the air . |
| 26 | We carried out a number of 50% water changes . |
| 27 | Agreement in July 1906 , this batch of ten cars was transferred to the new South Metropolitan Company , who over the years carried out a number of modifications on them . |
| 28 | The FMS carried out a number of cultural , educational and political activities and also produced a monthly magazine called Fraternity . |
| 29 | The Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out a number of dismissals of senior officers in its central administration and eight regional directorates on Jan. 1 . |
| 30 | We also carried out a number of follow-up interviews with respondents and non-respondents in order to explore some issues further . |