Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gary Klesch , the American financier , has been asked by some bondholders to act on their behalf in the refinancing negotiations . |
| 2 | A few coins remained in my pocket . |
| 3 | It took Beth only a few minutes to put on her bonnet and best shawl while Peggy dressed the boy for outdoors . |
| 4 | As we draw near to the table in the course of the nest few minutes to meet with our Lord , in the bread and in the wine , let's just remember today that the power , that the energy , that the spiritual renewal comes to us because God is with us and God is with us now , because of the activity of God the Holy Spirit . |
| 5 | It was only when I felt safe with you , and after we had spent some hours working on our poems , that we would go down to the restaurant for late dinner , which always ended with either banana or ‘ flan ’ . |
| 6 | Three and a half minutes left of your lunch hour , quick get back to work . |
| 7 | Only a few groups responded to our earlier notice , and one or two sent an order directly to Lisson Grove ( at the highest price ) . |
| 8 | For the first time in his career , John deliberately allowed some contracts to drag behind their timetable . |
| 9 | Soon after the introduction of GREAs the government recognized a danger that some authorities might use them as targets , with the consequence that some authorities spending below their GREAs might be encouraged to spend more , while those spending far above them might find the task of cutting back to GREA level too difficult . |
| 10 | Some readers objected to my choice , and from a reformist perspective stressing accuracy , neutrality , truth and fairness , it might well seem misguided and distasteful . |
| 11 | The first agency I went to sent me to a photographer to have some pictures taken for my portfolio . |
| 12 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 13 | Lady Grubb had fallen easily into the habit of behaving to her children as if she were some doggedly snobbish godmother , inviting them home every few months to look into their marriage prospects and treating the occasion as if it were a country weekend that put her to a lot of trouble , though her house was actually in the middle of London and fully staffed with unhappy au-pair girls . |
| 14 | A young girl at a picnic , let us suppose , has some peanuts taken from her plate by a foraging squirrel and indignantly throws stones at it . |
| 15 | Managers and executives faced with their own likely technical obsolescence are in some senses confronted with their own professional mortality . |
| 16 | The assemblymen have precious few functions to perform for their $4,000-a-month salaries and free board and lodging ; they merely meet every six years to elect a new president and vice-president . |
| 17 | One of the lasting memories that some parents have of their primary school is the smell ! |
| 18 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 19 | A few bools crept into her mooth . |
| 20 | Some phrases lay in his mind for years . |
| 21 | But farmers have short memories : within a couple of years economic stagnation had stemmed the labour outflow and even led ex-farm workers in some areas to ask for their former jobs back . |
| 22 | Now er there are some areas based in my area where you would n't get the fire station , the fire engine through the bottleneck in ten minutes erm , all this has got to be put in its relative priority . |
| 23 | She felt every one of her thirty some years sitting on her face , and stared at this disoriented stranger , her self . |
| 24 | Intrigued almost against her will , Isabel shifted her eyes to his face — and , in the space of a heartbeat , five and a half years vanished from her life . |
| 25 | A run of favourable weather over the next few years resulted in its financial success and firm re-establishment . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact is , ’ he went on , ‘ there are only a few years remaining for your Aunt Emily and myself . |
| 27 | It was nearly always organised by a government , although some torturers acted on their own initiatives . |
| 28 | [ He opens a chest and gives PAMELA jewellery , a dress and some underclothes belonging to his mother . ] |
| 29 | IBM top brass is said to have been meeting with Hewlett-Packard officials at various locations around the US over the last few days to lobby for their support and an announcement may now be imminent . |
| 30 | We spent a few days talking about our friends in Moscow and Leningrad . |