Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years . |
| 2 | An inspection of the results for individual questions shows that although fewer pupils in the bottom third obtained the correct answer in each case than did other pupils , a substantial proportion did so in many cases . |
| 3 | At the same time Miss Butterworth was employing women at the Flax Home Industry House at Grasmere and work continued there for many years . |
| 4 | We recommended fibre found naturally in many foods to parents of infants <1 year of age , such as in pureed fruits , vegetables , and infant cereal . |
| 5 | And all this in a conflict fought halfheartedly by many Norfolk farmers who had only an eye for renewed state intervention . |
| 6 | On 5 October 1881 the SS Orient docked at Plymouth with 150 tons of frozen Australian meat on board , an event described vividly by many newspapers ( for example , Daily News , 5 October ) . |
| 7 | The Marshalls , a well-known family engaged in flax spinning lived here for many years and many interesting people , including Wordsworth and Adam Sedgwick , were visitors . |
| 8 | The firm traded there for many years and a number of well-known craftsmen served their apprenticeships at the works . |