Example sentences of "[noun pl] above [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairbrother 's hundred was his fifth in first-class confrontations with Yorkshire — only Chris Lloyd with six stands above him in the Red Rose list — but it was his first three-figure score since he assumed the leadership as captain-elect midway through last summer . |
| 2 | And I have replied er , Who in the past six months has reached their targets percentage targets above mine in the last six months ? |
| 3 | Our hero then has to cope not only with a lively two year old but also with his burgeoning infatuation for a woman quite a few rungs above him on the social ladder . |
| 4 | And we were absolutely amazed when , in going round the ocean floors , we found that indeed these molecules in the sediments showed a , a relationship to the surface temperatures above them at the present day . |
| 5 | The same air , the same scarlet announcements , the huge sea flecked with sunlight , the same insistent mountain , the same child climbing slowly , the years like rocks above him in the ubiquitous sun . ’ |