Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They receive no extra remuneration whatsoever for their duties although at some times of course it can be quite dangerous . |
| 2 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 3 | In an official statement , the BRE said that the few cases of rot it knew about were in every case directly attributable to rising damp or to rain penetration : |
| 4 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 5 | However , even when the dinner was over , their ‘ guests ’ showed no sign of leaving , at which point the Emperor began to pull on the ends of his moustache — one of the few signs of irritation he ever allowed himself . |
| 6 | In some cases of damage it might be wise to ascertain whether or not there was any similar damage prior to the accident . |
| 7 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've done some sums and we reckon that if you use the phone for more than one and half minutes per day it will be more expensive , ’ says a west London cellphone dealer . |
| 9 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 10 | In our first few hours of membership we are highly attuned to some of the assumptions . |
| 11 | ‘ There are very few aspects of Englishness I actually hate . |
| 12 | Colours also may get distorted as the eye lens gets yellower with age ; in some pictures of Mulready he believed he could demonstrate this defect . |
| 13 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 14 | After a few months of therapy it is usual for even the most intense form of cat phobia to disappear . |
| 15 | It makes it easier for it to fall out , when a woman is pregnant , in the last few months of pregnancy she produces lots of hormones which relax the muscles in her body do n't they ? |
| 16 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 17 | When they entered the jungle again , the Moi several times spotted banteng , but what few traces of seladang they found proved to be cold trails . |
| 18 | In some areas of science we want to ask questions about phenomena of which children already have experience . |
| 19 | It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject . |
| 20 | It 's because we 're investing a lot of capital expenditure to put right some years of neglect I might say . |
| 21 | The first few years at school I learnt nothing — |
| 22 | A few years after publication I was introduced to a well known photographer at a party . |
| 23 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 24 | Athelstan promptly refused , for the few mouthfuls of ale he had already drunk bit at his stomach . |
| 25 | Here are a few myths about exercise you might have believed in : |
| 26 | The second goal is to make the school resemble more closely the sod of place within which the teacher would like to teach … this second goal can become of considerable importance , and in some situations of conflict it can become more important than the first . |
| 27 | Earlier we were discussing the fact that at some stages of life we are , unconsciously at least , expecting the imminent demise of someone we love , as in the case of a very elderly parent . |
| 28 | ‘ It was one of the few bits of information we did manage to pick up on the grapevine . |
| 29 | While it is very good at removing metals , dyes and some organics in solution it can not remove nitrite , nitrate , phosphate or ammonia . |
| 30 | From some points of view it does not really matter whether these fragments originated as invading parasites or breakaway rebels . |