Example sentences of "13 [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 For 13 hours they talked ; in the end it was agreed .
2 For 13 hours I lay shivering in my inadequate bag , drifting in and out of sleep .
3 During the last 13 years we have cut , simplified or abolished a whole range of direct taxes .
4 But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters .
5 Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’
6 Over the past 13 years they have often lunched together , sitting at a specially reserved corner table in the Princess 's favourite San Lorenzo restaurant .
7 ‘ If they ca n't get the NHS right after 13 years they never will , ’ he said .
8 For the next 13 years he served in the Met .
9 Labour 's simple , single theme is that after 13 years it is time for a change .
10 After all , if anyone has flourished in the past 13 years it has been the supermarkets .
11 This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along .
12 Over the next 12 or 13 weeks we 'll be out and about .
13 No less than 27 have won their first cap under the England manager but only six of the 13 players he used in Norway were his ‘ new boys ’ Carlton Palmer , Les Ferdinand , Lee Sharpe , David Batty , substitute Ian Wright and new captain Paul Ince .
14 SAN SALVADOR ( Reuter ) — One of two occupations of embassies in San Salvador ended when human rights activists freed 13 hostages they had held for a day at the Costa Rican Embassy and left .
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