Example sentences of "and [prep] several [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned into the one occupied by his stepmother , switched off the motor , and for several moments they sat looking at the house whose drawn blinds and closed windows seemed to proclaim its emptiness . |
| 2 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 3 | In addition , large numbers of drifter buoys were launched into the ocean off Peru and for several months they were tracked via the Argos satellite as they drifted with the surface currents . |
| 4 | The shop 's three glass doors and old-fashioned set of windows were all adorned with window boxes and hanging baskets and for several years it won a Bath Festival award for the best floral shop facade in the City . |
| 5 | Rose was also a skilful card player , and for several years she was world champion at poker . |
| 6 | I became so worried that we went to our G.P. and after several visits he suggested an allergy to cows milk : so we tried a milk free diet ( its harder than you think once you start looking at contents labels ) . |
| 7 | Newspaper accounts of open-cast coal workings led him to Cowdenbeath in Fife and after several visits he found the remains he was locking for . |
| 8 | Says Murray : ‘ I was my room with a pal and after several drinks I started doing conjuring tricks — making cigarettes and bottle tops disappear . |
| 9 | Bishop John Fordham in 1384 appointed Lewyn a commissioner of array for the city of Durham , and with several partners he was granted the borough of Durham to farm , and he was also engaged in the export of wool overseas . |
| 10 | The appeals committee rarely disagrees with decisions of the control and disciplinary committee and in several cases it has actually increased the punishment . |
| 11 | She defended militancy , arguing that the violence of the suffragettes was vastly outweighed by the force used against them , and on several occasions she was imprisoned and subjected to force-feeding in Holloway gaol . |
| 12 | Work kept her busy , and on several occasions she actually enjoyed her job . |
| 13 | At times he got impatient , if Rory failed to grasp a point , and on several occasions he glossed over figures that Rory raised a query on , assured him it was all in hand , there was nothing he need bother with . |
| 14 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |