Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bryant and Bradley chose 65 of the children who had not been very good at categorising sounds at the beginning of the study and divided them into four groups . |
| 2 | So he sold them for four X. |
| 3 | If we look at Pound in 1927 and 1928 , when he instituted from or through Paris his periodical , The Exile , and sustained it through four issues , we get the impression of a man yawing about without direction , as at no time either earlier or later in his career . |
| 4 | Nature , that framed us of four elements , |
| 5 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 6 | Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler . |
| 7 | She developed a complete mental block against her pregnancy , and concealed it until four days before she went into labour . |
| 8 | She put all the dolls in one pram and covered them with four sheets and four blankets . |
| 9 | Once we made it in four hours , door to beach to door : bury Mum 's feet in the sand , forget they 're there , plunge spade into sand and come close to severing three toes . |
| 10 | We got it for four pound fifty . |
| 11 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 12 | Livingston , who has vowed to clear his name after British athletics chiefs banned him for four years for drugs cheating , said : ‘ I am being imprisoned for something I have n't done . |
| 13 | We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on . |
| 14 | I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger . |
| 15 | Accordingly , he dismissed five members of his Cabinet , including his deputy , Danny Philips , and replaced them with four members of the opposition ( George Luialamo , Sam Alasia , Alfred Maetia and Sir Peter Kenilorea , a former Prime Minister ) and Job Tausinga , a PAP backbencher . |
| 16 | He dismissed five of his ministers ( including Deputy Prime Minister Danny Philip ) and replaced them with four members of the opposition and one PAP backbencher [ see p. 37862 ] . |
| 17 | He had confidence in Timman 's ability to hold this theoretically drawn endgame , but tested him for four hours on Monday before agreeing to share the point . |
| 18 | The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong . |
| 19 | Greenidge and Lloyd top-scored as West Indies declared at 251 for 9 , and then Holding , Roberts and Holder , restricted MCC to 197 , only Gilliat , the captain , having a substantial knock , and Amiss ducking into a bouncer which left him with four stitches in his scalp . |
| 20 | Did n't know you had it for four years . |
| 21 | one was because they er wanted you for four years for definite after that working in evaluation so basically you 're committing yourself for five years |
| 22 | By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months . |