Example sentences of "and [prep] five [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for five minutes I quizzed this wretched bird without getting a single chirp out of it . |
| 2 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 3 | Well she does and the hardest part , I think there is when she comes down in the morning and for five years he was there |
| 4 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 5 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 6 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 7 | Mr. Crowther had his offices in an old house farther down the High Street on the other side , and in five minutes he and Sara and Matthew had walked down and were standing outside the big black door of Moorlake House . |
| 8 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 9 | This happens on eight occasions in all ; on three occasions he is thinking about his father and on five occasions he is thinking about his mother . |