Example sentences of "ten [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes later the attendant tried again : ‘ Are you in trouble , Number Nine ? ’ |
| 2 | Ten minutes later the nurse checked on her . |
| 3 | Corporal Tait busies around the pack checking for oil leaks and tightening the odd bolt ; ten minutes later the crew are smiling as they clear up , looking forward to a well-deserved shower . |
| 4 | Ten minutes later the escarpment was at my feet . |
| 5 | She said not until five past , Mrs said you can get up them stairs , she said you go at ten minutes early every day ! |
| 6 | Staff at St Heliers in Carshalton say doors were left unlocked for up to ten minutes so an emergency patient could be admitted . |
| 7 | Ten years later a state of emergency is still in force , renewed in May 1991 for a further three years , and political detainees held incommunicado under emergency provisions continue to be denied basic protection against torture . |
| 8 | Ten years later a cohort study in Iceland confirmed that male blood-relatives of women with breast cancer had an excess risk of prostate cancer . |
| 9 | Ten years later a note in the Minutes of the Garden Committee states that Miller had asked for a residence to be built in the Garden , but this was refused . |
| 10 | Unfortunately the new machines were not sufficiently reliable , and about ten years later the mill ceased production . |
| 11 | Ten years later the brewery embarked on a substantial redevelopment programme and rechristened the pub The Brown Trout ‘ to bring it more into keeping with Darlington ’ . |
| 12 | Ten years later the elder Enoch , Ruth ( 26 ) , Henry ( 21 ) and a grandson , Enoch Roebuck Coldwell ( 15 ) , were each earning their living as wool handloom weavers . |
| 13 | Changes over time also indicate that living alone is on the increase as a feature of old age : the General Household Survey ( OPCS , 1985 ) shows that in 1973 , 40 per cent of those aged 75 and over lived alone ; ten years later the figure was 47 per cent . |
| 14 | Ten years later the Attorney-General noted that judicial officers were chosen ‘ because considered unfit for the revenue branch of the service ’ . |
| 15 | In 1923 , the collection opened to the public , but ten years later the mansion was declared a fire hazard and the paintings were moved to the recently built Philadelphia Museum of Art . |
| 16 | Ten years later the French , now ruled by Louis VIII , broke out in another direction , this time in the Bay of Biscay , with the capture of La Rochelle in 1224 . |
| 17 | Ten years ago every part of a GM car was sourced from two , and in some cases three , suppliers . |
| 18 | Ten years ago a group was formed in South Devon called The South Hams Smallholders Group . |
| 19 | Even ten years ago the notion of the nurse as the patient 's advocate had not been formally recognised , and the stress involved in being unable to act properly in the patient 's defence was almost enough to persuade me to give up altogether . |
| 20 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
| 21 | Even ten years ago the idea that English-speaking children should be educated completely in a foreign language for every subject , including science , without actual specific prior tuition or without reinforcement at home , would have been considered strange to say the least . |
| 22 | Ten years ago the idea of the general secretary of the Transport Union making a friendly tour of a British car factory would have been unthinkable . |
| 23 | About ten years ago the agriculture ministry , which runs the agency , made a half-hearted attempt to staunch its losses . |
| 24 | Ten years ago the price had fallen to perhaps $450 per font but the restrictions were much the same . |
| 25 | Ten years ago the RSPCA had a cash crisis which meant Nick could no longer patrol the market . |
| 26 | Ten years ago the record stood , or rather fell , at 35,000 . |
| 27 | Sally had been two stones ( 28lb/12.5kg ) overweight for ten years following the birth of her son . |
| 28 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 29 | Ten years earlier a cartoon by David Low had depicted him as rejecting an appeal for advice by Austen Chamberlain ( soon to reappear on the stage of Baldwin 's life ) and saying , ‘ But you are Foreign Secretary . ’ |
| 30 | Ten days ago the Home Office told which operates the sirens to dismantle the equipment , an instruction that angered Lincolnshire County Council . |