Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recognized by few states apart from Japan , Germany and Italy , it was a colony in all but name , with real power exercised by Japanese administrators ultimately responsible to the commander of the Guandong Army . |
| 2 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |
| 3 | We hope that as your Medau News — with its views , information and diary of events — comes through your letter box this September , you will agree that by receiving it by direct mail is a better system than sharing a few copies round from class member to class member . |
| 4 | I 've got some cyclists up at Haystock but years ago I mean when they coming up there , it 's a long road from Doncaster Market an an an deep old ditches |
| 5 | other guy , you know , he does it in garages , he 's done it quite a few times before on cars he 's had himself , so |
| 6 | James was in every respect the kind of driver Alexander would get along with and that their enterprise did not finish so very far from winning , and failed to win not a few times only through misfortune — or the injustice of fate , speaks creditably of an underlying seriousness that they rarely allowed to show . |
| 7 | He passed some coins over without counting , staring stupidly at the eyes that looked hurt with expected rejection , as if the man knew what would be said to put him off . |
| 8 | In addition , as users pay one and a half times more per MIPS on an upgrade than on a new machine , their investment is not protected . |
| 9 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |
| 10 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |
| 11 | At Godstowe Priory Dame Frances was only a few minutes away from death . |
| 12 | When the prime minister arrives at the Palace for the weekly audience , the private secretary acts as host and spends a few minutes beforehand in conversation . |
| 13 | A few minutes out of town there 's a famous Victorian restaurant where unusual dishes of days gone by are served in intimate , candlelit rooms , a medieval moated manor house now a hotel , and lovely country house hotels with excellent restaurants . |
| 14 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
| 15 | I agree with your correspondent 's sentiments regarding the Forth Road Bridge and the removal of the tolls , but he will only be arriving a few minutes earlier at Edinburgh 's infamous Barnton roundabout tailback , which I believe can only be resolved by switching transport policy away from cars and road freight . |
| 16 | Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock . |
| 17 | Teachers ' centres also make themselves responsible in some areas for the servicing of school equipment , the provision of an exhibition collection of equipment and materials , and in some cases even for equipment loans . |
| 18 | In BR they are characteristically processed through the various stages of the machinery , in some cases up to RSJC level . |
| 19 | I often used to go fell walking but can not ever remember seeing the deep ruts caused by walkers that were all around , in some cases up to 12–15in deep . |
| 20 | I will be writing to the normal firms as usual , to get donations for the raffle , er now the other thing I 've got to report from is the stall , no before that the E C discussed applications by other organisations , now Sheffield and erm many other areas produce there own excellent publications , so I , I wrote of to Greater London Pensioner to Redbridge , to Senior Citizens in Sheffield , Anglian Pensioners , Grey Power and erm I , I 've sent letter 's to them and already had some copies back from Sheffield . |
| 21 | London is two and a half hours away by train . |
| 22 | Cheltenham swimmer Kevin Morris who 's been trying to make history by swimming the channel backstroke has missed out again … he was three and half hours out from Dover when a throat infection sunk his dreams … |
| 23 | Not only can marked variation in embryonic development be observed even within litters but , during such a dynamic phase of morphogenetic change , embryos only a few hours apart in age may be significantly different in their developmental state . |
| 24 | And the £24,000 motor did n't look so new when it was found scratched a few hours later in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 25 | When the girl 's parents denied the engagement , the boy was beaten unconscious and died a few hours later in hospital . |
| 26 | She was followed just a few hours later by Pole who , like Wolsey before him , had remained to the end torn between his allegiance to his monarch and his obedience to his spiritual lord . |
| 27 | She rather gathered that what Travis was really asking was if he could come round to her flat and chat a few hours away about Rosemary . |
| 28 | Clear skies allowed us to witness , once again , sensational scenery ; the worst storm of the summer only caught us a few hours away from Sasoma . |
| 29 | I love camping and do n't feel that anything can compare with waking up in the morning with the day just a few hours on from dawn , dew still on the grass , so that when you open the tent flap the smell of a new day comes to you with the early morning sun . |
| 30 | He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool . |