Example sentences of "[prep] several [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any book of several hundred pages you 're bound to hit the mark occasionally . |
| 2 | With the devoted assistance of several technical wizards we converted my A-frame into an alchemist 's chamber of optical and electronic apparatus with which to visualize the unseen dimensions of sound and form so often described by metaphysicians . |
| 3 | As we shall see in section 5.2 , this is only one of several curious features we come across when we try to think of the discount market in conventional terms . |
| 4 | This interview came out of several inspirational talks we had in June and was highlighted by his brilliant summer lecture to the Art and Architecture Society . |
| 5 | Fault-tolerant Unix system builder , Sequoia Systems Inc , is going after the health care market in collaboration with its partner — Hewlett-Packard — and DataTree and Greystone Technology as the first of several vertical sectors it expects to pursue . |
| 6 | Like several such places it was a quiet little charity school until the railways came and boys could travel long distances to school and the Victorian needs of parents turned it over two decades into a modern and reputable independent school . |
| 7 | But after losing weight and boosting his morale with several good performances he changed his mind . |
| 8 | It used to be considered a deformity in other breeds and led to automatic culling , but in several continental breeds it is now selected for , although it can lead to problems in calving and perhaps fertility . |
| 9 | In several European countries they are allowing insurance companies and other institutions more scope to invest in custom-tailored private placements . |
| 10 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 11 | But without several key players they had little chance against winners Leicestershire . |
| 12 | On several other occasions he feels an urge to , most strongly in the valley below Minas Morgul , as the Ringwraith leads out his army . |
| 13 | On several previous occasions she had done this , trying to persuade herself that the new Tom , Dick or Harry was quite as desirable and worthy as the missing Harry , Dick or Tom . |
| 14 | Douglas Young reports from the Berlin Film Festival on several exciting discoveries he made among this year 's entries ( and some he wishes he had n't ) |
| 15 | Maggie did , to be corrected on several minor points she 'd got slightly wrong . |
| 16 | On several later occasions we returned to the pool , and tried ourselves to attract the eels with rice from both above and beneath the water . |
| 17 | And only Ackroyd would script a dialogue between several literary figures he has written books about and shove it into the middle of his latest offering . |
| 18 | For several long moments they sat motionless , then his hand turned her face towards him , his fingers tilting her chin upwards . |
| 19 | For several blissful seconds she abandoned herself to his kiss , and to all the incredible , startling sensations exploding inside her . |
| 20 | By about 1930 she had ceased painting , though for several more years she made small , colourful , increasingly abstract water-colours . |