Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [adv] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For although I am sure he never had the chance to encounter a tiger beneath the dining table , when I think over all that I know or have heard concerning him , I can think of at least several instances of his displaying in abundance that very quality he so admired in the butler of his story . |
| 2 | Many horse owners know that their horse can smell dry oats or grain , which for us have no odour , from at least several feet away . |
| 3 | In later years , a good deal of business was carried out with the Severn and Wye Railway Company , Hewlett supplying this trade for at least several decades . |
| 4 | Although not without difficulties of interpretation , these experiments establish a case for presynaptic changes lasting for at least several hours . |
| 5 | He realized how huge was that flying fortress-monastery of the Imperial Fists where he would remain for at least several years . |
| 6 | Store specimens in the dark , where they will remain unfaded for at least several years . |
| 7 | Regarding the prediscovery sightings of Neptune , Lalande 's in 1795 is said too differ from ephemeris predictions by seven or more arcseconds , but Standish shows by extrapolating two ephemerides backwards that the predictions are uncertain by at least several arcseconds ; combined with the scatter in Lalande 's observations this makes the discrepancy rather dubious . |