Example sentences of "several [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you 've got to grips with your machine ( whichever the model ) there are several accessories you can buy to extend your knitting . |
| 2 | And Anglican laymen in America may have felt that a bishop from across the ocean would be harder to influence than the local clergy , many of whom were American by origin , though in several cases they had gone to Britain to complete their education . |
| 3 | In particular , since in several cases it seems to involve a conflict of time reference , we must note that what is involved is not the same as a superficially rather similar phenomenon which was the subject of a useful discussion by Bach ( 1968 ) — all the more so because some of his examples are ambiguous and could also be covered by this case . |
| 4 | The appeals committee rarely disagrees with decisions of the control and disciplinary committee and in several cases it has actually increased the punishment . |
| 5 | Several times we spotted seals basking in the calm waters . |
| 6 | On this occasion they did not come to us and say right we want to negotiate , although several times we went to them and said please , here 's our budget , you know , our budget is now ready , we want to negotiate . |
| 7 | Several times they came across signs of deer , and wild pig , and once , some way off in a thicket , they heard a stag grunt . |
| 8 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 9 | Several times they fell painfully on jagged rocks , so that they learned to move exceedingly slowly , edging forward and feeling for a foothold , and all the time they could not know whether they were not wandering in aimless circles and approaching no nearer to the security of the forest . |
| 10 | Several times they crossed paths that led into the forest but it was not until another hour had passed and the moon was paling in the light of the false dawn that they were at last among strange scattered rocks like those which strewed the fringe of the forest where they had first entered the Waste . |
| 11 | Several times they had to step down from the train and walk along the track to the nearest station ; on this particular evening the passengers were all wanting to get home and any delay was not welcome . |
| 12 | Several times they ended up shooting each other . |
| 13 | He was well known in Hochhauser and several times they were stopped and she was introduced to yet another friend , another business or civic colleague . |
| 14 | Several times she stopped , put down her shoe-parcel , and signalled a word with her flags . |
| 15 | Once she suddenly landed up in hospital for what was not an emergency ; several times she had found herself in a new home ; and on one occasion she had arrived in another country with a new ‘ father ’ — all without warning or previous explanation . |
| 16 | Several times she turned and came some way back towards me , admonishing , shaking her finger . |
| 17 | Several times she has wandered out into the street while Mrs Smith was asleep , although now the front door is kept double-locked at night to prevent this from happening . |
| 18 | So strong was the feeling that several times she thought she caught the tail-end of a movement as they passed by several blackened stumps and she turned sharply , expecting to see something leering evilly at them , but there was nothing . |
| 19 | Several times she returned home because of illness , but never for long . |
| 20 | Emma had told her several times she did not wish to be repaid . |
| 21 | Several times she thought she would vomit , but nothing came . |
| 22 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 23 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 24 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 25 | Several times she felt almost caught up with the constant demands for her attention . |
| 26 | Several times she caught him looking at her unguardedly , and heat flared in his eyes , to be instantly banked as he brought it under control with his iron will . |
| 27 | After ringing the bell several times she reluctantly pushed her husband 's letter through the letter-box — he had very meanly sealed it before she could read it — and took the holdall around to the boiler room at the back of the house . |
| 28 | Several times he had the nose of his car in front , only to be thwarted by some brave late-braking by the Jaguar man . |
| 29 | Several times he went back to the spot where he had hidden the sack as though unable to believe it had gone . |
| 30 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |