Example sentences of "[prep] six [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WADING THROUGH mud or swimming through a cold ravine with just a few oatcakes and nuts to keep you going is not very one 's cup of tea , but for six Risley lads it was fun . |
| 2 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 3 | The first group of 66 Pakistani soldiers , members of a 500-strong armed UN contingent being dispatched to protect emergency food distribution in Mogadishu , arrived from Islamabad on Sept. 14 and 15 , aboard six US military C-130 transport planes . |
| 4 | At about half past six Stephen set out to take the crinkle-crankle path up the fell , the way he had brought the policemen three weeks before . |
| 5 | At a quarter past six Young John came in , bearing a candle and his alphabet book . |
| 6 | Well erm , at half past six Paula he 'll be in the middle of his tea , you 've got to give the guy a chance to turn round try to suit you , but think of him , he 's just getting in from work and boom |
| 7 | A Sinn Fein member , father of six Peter Gallagher , 44 , of Toomebridge , Co Antrim , was gunned down at a builder 's yard in Belfast , on Wednesday . |
| 8 | WHITNEY HOUSTON : ‘ I Will Always Love You ’ soul power-ballad composed by Dolly Parton and one of six Whitney tracks featured on the forthcoming soundtrack to the US movie The Bodyguard , in which she stars alongside Kevin Costner |
| 9 | Sixth former David , 16 , is one of six UK students to win the award and will represent Wales at the International Student Forum in the US next month . |
| 10 | In the UK special emphasis was laid on the role of the Royal Air Force in the earliest phase of the air war , and the loss of six RAF Tornado aircraft represented a relatively high rate of casualties among the allied forces at this stage . |
| 11 | Orders then snowballed and when the world 's first public railway opened in 1825 , William Jnr was one of six Stockton and Darlington Railway directors taking part in the trial run from Shildon to Darlington . |
| 12 | Landau and Nathan ( 1983 ) found that in the juvenile bureau of six London boroughs white juveniles were significantly more cautioned than black , including juveniles with previous convictions . |
| 13 | Eventually Mk I Londons in RAF service were returned to Saro for updating to Mk II standard , while a first production batch of six London IIs ( K5980-K5913 ) was delivered during 1936/1937 of which five went straight to 204 Squadron at Mount Batten . |
| 14 | Opposing captain Peter Winterbottom , one of six England internationals due to face Ireland the following weekend , disagreed . |
| 15 | The set consists of six VLSI devices , two of which are used twice in a system design . |
| 16 | Chris Horn , who lives near Darlington , wrote letters demanding the resignation of six Derbyshire County Council officers and members , accusing the authority of ‘ corruption and hypocrisy ’ . |
| 17 | The first animal she ever made friends with was a pig : ‘ When I was small I always wanted to join a circus with a troupe of six Tamworth pigs . |
| 18 | The 250 runners-up will get a consolation prize of a pack of six Kodak extra-life batteries , manufactured without mercury so they 're well green ! |
| 19 | A recent World Bank study of six East Asian countries concluded that Thailand was the only one that had failed to make significant inroads into poverty during the 1980s ( see table ) . |
| 20 | A substantial proportion of time and effort was devoted to the study of a sample of six Major Project schools . |
| 21 | The seizure of six UN personnel by the Khmers Rouges on Dec. 1 , and similar incidents later in the month , highlighted the dramatic deterioration in relations between the guerrilla faction and the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia ( UNTAC ) . |
| 22 | A survey of six LEAs conducted for Rampton revealed that only 3 per cent of Afro-Caribbean school leavers gained five or more O level passes or CSE grade ones in 1978–79 , compared with 18 per cent of Asian pupils , 16 per cent of other school leavers in these LEAs and 21 per cent of all school leavers from state schools . |
| 23 | In its survey of six LEAs the Ramp ton Report primarily divided its sample into ‘ Asian ’ , ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Other ’ school leavers , concluding that while ‘ Asians ’ and ‘ Others ’ performed equally well at O level and CSE , ‘ West Indian ’ school leavers performed significantly worse . |
| 24 | Consequently the remaining seven Wellingtons of 148 Squadron left for Egypt , making room for the first detachment of six Blenheims from 21 Squadron . |
| 25 | Mother of six Clara Ayemwenre , 47 , collapsed from a drug overdose at Heathrow Airport on Sunday soon after arriving on a flight from Nigeria . |
| 26 | A study by Tom Copeland , a finance academic turned consultant at McKinsey , of six LBOs among its clients found that half of the value created in the buy-outs came as a result of unexpected falls in interest rates . |
| 27 | It 's understood the proceedings arise from their decision to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |
| 28 | Contempt writs have been served against the Home Secretary and his predecessor Kenneth Clarke for trying to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |
| 29 | Contempt writs have been served against the Home Secretary and his predecessor Kenneth Clarke for trying to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |
| 30 | This gives it a total of six Nissan dealerships . |