Example sentences of "[conj] five [noun pl] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
| 2 | We ca n't , we ca n't give you , we ca n't give you more than five horses on I think I think sheeps out of the bargain anyway , because we 're both , sounds that we both got an over supply of the sheep . |
| 3 | Ten minutes and five anecdotes later she returned to my nights off . |
| 4 | I was still angry , but there was no point in pursuing what was over , so I went back topsides to trim the ship , and five minutes later I saw the stateroom lights go out , and half an hour after that the lights in Ellen and Robin-Anne 's cabin were doused , leaving only a light in the forward starboard cabin to show that either Rickie or Jackson Chatterton was still awake . |
| 5 | And five minutes later he stooped low to head his third after overworked keeper Mikalis Christophi had only managed to push out a curling effort by Walters . |
| 6 | Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it . |
| 7 | A stroke in 1976 started his health problems , and five years ago he moved to Sussex . |
| 8 | Leopold 's own career progressed slowly and unadventurously : by 1758 he had risen up the ranks to become second violin , and also court and chamber composer , and five years later he became deputy kapellmeister ( the German term for the musician in charge of a musical establishment ) . |
| 9 | In 1885 he became university lecturer in advanced invertebrate morphology and five years later he became superintendent of the University Museum of Zoology . |
| 10 | Tony Revell began experimenting with guitars at the age of fourteen , and five years later he landed a position working with Chris May and Andy Preston , refining his skills while turning out Overwater electrics . |
| 11 | At the time it might be great and five years later I think , ‘ Why did I do that ? ’ but sometimes it 's the only way of finding something out . |
| 12 | But five years ago you had a good job , prospects , a nice house , money in the bank . |
| 13 | It was now thrashing feebly about in the straw trying to get its tangle of legs in order , a whole , complete , new horse — when five minutes ago there had been nothing at all save him thinking Firelight had indigestion . |