Example sentences of "[prep] twenty [num] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At her farewell presentation , Jean Henry ( centre ) holds a bouquet of flowers given to her on retirement in February after twenty four years ' service . |
| 2 | With twenty six years ' experience in industry , Jim McDaid was appointed to the position of Chief Industrial Engineer for Stoddard Carpets Ltd . |
| 3 | Here she was , buck-naked , in her bathroom with an equally undressed man , with twenty thousand dollars ' worth of jewellery scattered on the floor between them . |
| 4 | So we have to make sure the money you pay to us , actually is going to grow so it gives you a very good return on that money in twenty five years ' time . |
| 5 | for twenty five minutes ' journey to Waterloo . |
| 6 | I 've actually put in for twenty thousand pounds ' worth of grants at this point , however , let's see whether I 'm fortunate to achieve that . |
| 7 | plus twenty eight pounds ' worth |