Example sentences of "five [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Prayer is far more than a shopping list , or an incidental five minutes at the end of a busy day . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Surely she 'd only been asleep for five minutes at the very most ? |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 9 | He was old , he told me , and he was feeling his age , and he had played the Lear for five months at the National in London and he was tired , and he wanted to patch things up with me because it would |
| 10 | His nap East Barns ( 12-1 ) , also selected by Henry Rix , and next best African Chimes ( evens ) were just two of his five winners at the all-weather track , which also included Island Blade ( 8-1 ) . |
| 11 | O'Connor consumed by emotion , burst into tears in front of thousands of delirious supporters when he consolidated his marvellous recovery against Freddie Couples with a No. 2 iron to five feet at the last . |
| 12 | Factors such as the parasitic reliance on the stage and the book , the lack of attention given to screenwriting , the lack of flexibility in studio-based production and , at Stoll , a studio floor so constructed that it accommodated the noise and bustle of five films at the same time , had a deadening effect on anyone who came into the industry with new ideas or fresh visions . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | At least seventy five workers at the sales headquarters of Leyland Daf are to lose their jobs . |
| 16 | ‘ I studied for five years at the Physical Education Academy , so I could go back to Poland and be a school teacher . |
| 17 | Leslie Thomas , aged 27 , who organised acid house parties in London , was jailed for five years at the Old Bailey yesterday . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Then five years at the top , the very top . |
| 20 | He was charged with " taking undue advantage of authority in favour of a third person " , it being alleged that in October 1989 he had authorized sending Zhivkov 's grandson Todor Slavkov to study in Switzerland for five years at the state 's expense . |
| 21 | A college in Worcester is celebrating more than one hundred and twenty five years at the top . |
| 22 | A DRUG dealer who recruited youngsters to sell ecstasy and cannabis in the Highlands was jailed for five years at the High Court in Inverness yesterday . |
| 23 | Obtaining a licence for the Siemens open-hearth steel process , he built five furnaces at the Dalzell works , together with a rolling mill and finishing shop , the first melt of steel being made in 1881 . |
| 24 | ‘ But if it 's as they say it is and everything goes smoothly , David will only miss four or five matches at the most . |
| 25 | Think she goes to er there are four or five doctors at the clinic up the lane . |
| 26 | The business world seems distinctly unalarmed at this prospect ; the stock exchange rose five points at the news . |
| 27 | They say twenty five children at the primary school get more individual attention than they 'd get at a larger school . |
| 28 | Each act or entrée is built upon four or five tonalities at the most , often fewer . |
| 29 | ‘ He should n't have played with five men at the back / four in the middle / two up front / three in a boat ’ |
| 30 | Murray denies four remaining charges alleging he supplied heroin to five men at the depot on 31 December , 1991 , and was concerned in supplying the drug . |