Example sentences of "there [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murrells spent ten years in the reserve , kept there for the last few years against his will because Mitchell considered him indispensable . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not yet up to the standard of EDS , of 12% ( of revenue ) pre-tax , but we aim to get there within the next few years . |
| 3 | If permission is granted for an entertainment licence , the promoters hope to start shows there within the next few months . |
| 4 | And in terrible conditions , erm , another country is Zaire where there is currently , I mean I 'd think there was a military coup or something there in the last few weeks , but these things are colonies which were n't connected to Britain , hoping I 'm being , I think it 's a French colony , they use a Belgian colony or is an ex Belgian colony , maybe in Belgium and France you would get more news about those two countries , but here we do n't , because they , we have n't got that colonial connection that makes us interested perhaps erm and , and when we do find out about South Africa because it used to be a colony , we do find out about , I mean Ethiopia I think we found out about because of the disaster that 's happening there in several of the countries all around it , used to be British colonies . |
| 5 | I shall want a good start and be up there over the first few fences . |
| 6 | Aldershot Recreation Ground might be a ghost stadium at the moment , but there will be plenty of football activity there over the next few weeks , with various Aldershot & District League finals taking place at the traditional venue . |
| 7 | The raids were followed by a military action on the ground , and neutral Cambodia was drawn into the conflict , with appalling loss of life there over the next few years . |