Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 2 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 3 | Having drank in that pub for eight years and having never caused any trouble in that time , I am disgusted by the fact that there is a general ban on customers with a pierced nose . |
| 4 | I 've been in the game for eight years and have never tasted such a chilling fear . |
| 5 | Although the SMPAs last for 3–4 hours and move parallel to and ahead of the front , a theoretical explanation for the size of SMPAs is still required . |
| 6 | He has been with BMK for 12 years and has previously worked in sales and production . |
| 7 | The practical effects of this regulation were to cause many students to register for 12 modules but participate seriously in only 10 ; to cause them to stack their choices , so that modules which they needed or intended to pass were taken in terms 1 and 2 , and to bias apparent but not real demand towards term 3 . |
| 8 | ‘ The train was delayed for 224 minutes and left just after 9am eventually . ’ |
| 9 | The Americans are on the 15-under-par total of 273 after two rounds but have still not shrugged off Spaniards Jose Rivero and Miguel Angel Jimenez . |
| 10 | I went back to my doctor after two months and said well I feel a bit better , can I a few more months . |
| 11 | Fork down to the right after 3.5 miles and go approx 50 yds to the river . |
| 12 | We could cater for 190 youngsters and had almost 300 applicants . |
| 13 | 315 OF THESE ARE IN THE UK , WORKING ON BEHALF OF 318 INDIVIDUALS AND RAISING MORE THAN £260,000 A YEAR TO FURTHER AMNESTY 'S WORK . |
| 14 | The question was whether he was entirely excused from performance for he had not offered to supply the reduced amount of 140 tons but had instead sold it to someone else . |
| 15 | British Coal last night demanded Government action to save the jobs of 8,000 miners and keep open 13 threatened pits . |
| 16 | Bilici Constantin , a cheery film man in his early 40s , hurried back from France after an absence of 10 years and arrived just as Ceausescu fell . |
| 17 | That trawl will bring out a couple of dozen schemes that have totally lapsed , and people will write snotty letters saying I 've told you this once before . |
| 18 | Vecht et al report a randomised study of 63 patients and confirm significantly longer overall and functionally independent survival in the surgically treated patients . |
| 19 | Without putting any of the test crew on the rail , she shot along close-hauled at a full seven knots in a true wind speed of 16 knots and shed only 2½ knots during our smarter tacks . |
| 20 | At nineteen she is the youngest of four children and has always been treated as the " little one " . |
| 21 | The curtain had been a crinoline , hanging from one of two rails that ran just above their heads . |
| 22 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 23 | The company says it has been previewing the new X-stations for three weeks and has already taken orders for over 2,300 units . |
| 24 | Mr Stillings , 59 , had been Rector of Trefnant for 18 months and had formerly been curate at Rhosymedre and Minera , Vicar of Bagillt and Rector of Llanfynydd . |
| 25 | The Sao Paulo Casa de Detencao , built for 3,000 inmates but housing over 7,000 , was the scene of serious violence on Oct. 2 , when police stormed the building , ostensibly to end a riot . |
| 26 | Surgical nurse practitioner Lou Jacobs has been a nurse for 17 years and has over 12 years ' experience in intensive care units . |
| 27 | Build up the time you spend in the sun slowly — start with 10 minutes and increase gradually . |
| 28 | Or Munni , a slum dweller in Delhi , arrested with 11 others and kept overnight at a police station where she was stripped and beaten . |
| 29 | In the format for the interviews , the external information was divided into five categories as listed below . |
| 30 | This is when members are divided into two squadrons and allocated either an 8.30am or 12.30pm session on either day . |