Example sentences of "five [noun] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From early June to mid September these afternoon winds regularly reach force 3 and 4 , sometimes more , blowing for four or five hours at a time . |
| 2 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 3 | Paul , 27 , from Hanworth , Middlesex , spent a blank five hours at the water and had just changed swims when the pike took a float fished trout on 12 lb line with size 8 barbless trebles . |
| 4 | Bagdikian argues that national boundaries are growing increasingly meaningless as the main actors ( five groups at the time he was writing ) strive for total control in the production , delivery , and marketing of what we can call the cultural-ideological goods of the global capitalist system . |
| 5 | About an hour after we 'd left Sudbury we stopped briefly for under five minutes at a place called Cartier and then went on again . |
| 6 | If there is a game which you find effective , use it on a regular basis for a short period , perhaps five minutes at the beginning of each session . |
| 7 | Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day . |
| 8 | All but one of the consultants said they provided feedback on the house officer 's progress , although one admitted it was little more than ‘ five minutes at the end to say thank you . ’ |
| 9 | Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand . |
| 10 | I do n't think that I can send you more than four or five canvases at a time because of the cold . |
| 11 | And you get twenty five pound at the end . |
| 12 | oh it , it depends , I do n't think ours , we 've actually got twenty five pound at the moment , that 's , I du n no , that 's , that 's what it normally is and it 's twenty five P or thirty |
| 13 | It 's five pound at the moment is it ? |
| 14 | Heat two tablespoons of oil in a frying pan ; fry four or five burgers at a time and cook for 2–3 minutes on each side until well done . |
| 15 | There is an escalator of only five steps at a Tokyo metro station which is a good example of a Tomason . |
| 16 | Close in to no more than twenty-five feet and fire no more than five rounds at a time . |
| 17 | State-controlled telecommunications equipment supplier Italtel SpA will shed 1,000 jobs this year , as part of its four-year restructuring plan and expects to save $22m in labour costs this year as a result ; Italtel is also planning to lay off a total of 16,500 people temporarily for five weeks at a time this year . |
| 18 | Sometimes the soldiers can be away for up to five weeks at a time . |
| 19 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 20 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 21 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 22 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 23 | Five guests at a party thrown to welcome the Earl 's new wife Raine , daughter of novelist Dame Barbara Cartland , spotted the ghost in the crowd . |
| 24 | At least seventy five workers at the sales headquarters of Leyland Daf are to lose their jobs . |
| 25 | Going ahead and it started with annual wage increases because the wage increases that you did get were all about three , four or five percent at the time . |
| 26 | Peabody Trust , one of the largest housing associations in the UK , can be required to purchase the properties after five years at a price intended to realise net assets per share of not less than 126p to investors . |
| 27 | After this the treaty would be tacitly extended for five years at a time insofar as one of the signatories did not give one year 's notice of cancelling the treaty . ] |
| 28 | Thus it seems hardly sufficient for people to vote every four or five years at a time of a general election , the brevity of the act carrying little weight or influence . |
| 29 | ‘ The PDF ( Panamanian Defence Forces ) as an institution is rotten to the core , ’ argued Mr Alan Sabrosky , professor of international studies at Rhodes College in Memphis , who taught for more than five years at the Army War College . |
| 30 | Then five years at the top , the very top . |