Example sentences of "[prep] two [noun pl] [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drugs were discovered after two men and a woman were arrested outside Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes . |
| 2 | There was a rise in serum creatinine which reached statistical significance after two years and a trend towards a decline in iothalamate clearance in cyclosporin treated patients ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 3 | Ignoring their thirst and the ache of hunger after two nights and a day in the enemy 's hills , they pushed on , fearing his tanks might encircle them . |
| 4 | , Oliver Vaughan Snell ( 1882–1970 ) , mechanical engineer , was born 19 September 1882 in Invercargill , New Zealand , the eldest in the family of two sons and a daughter of William Bulleid , a businessman from North Tawton , Devon , and his wife Marian ( daughter of Oliver Vaughan Pugh ) from Llanfyllin , Montgomeryshire , to which she returned with her children in 1889 on the death of her husband . |
| 5 | , Sir Ellis Hovell ( 1874–1953 ) , archaeologist and palaeographer , was born in Weston , Hampshire , 16 July 1874 , the third in the family of two sons and a daughter of the Revd George William Walter Minns , vicar of Weston , and his wife Jane Porter Boggs . |
| 6 | , William ( 1838–1935 ) , gardener and writer , was born in county Down , Ireland , 15 July 1838 , the eldest in the family of two sons and a daughter of William Robinson , land agent , and his wife Catherine . |
| 7 | In his Bourrée from the Lute Suite in E minor ( Example 11 , below ) the music is made almost entirely of successions of two quavers and a crotchet without a single rest . |
| 8 | It seems the brick and tile building consisted of two storeys and a loft , and that the wheel was fed from a dam which is now dry . |
| 9 | Perhaps he left his previous London headquarters at 182 Camberwell New Road in something of a hurry , for a new base was quickly found at 9 Jeremiah Street , Poplar , the offices of the Green 's Home branch of the old union , at the rent of 95 a week , " starting afresh with the loan of two chairs and a table , sixpence worth of writing paper and six penny stamps for establishing communications with friends in other ports " . |
| 10 | As the name suggests , this consists of two slices and a filling — or , in engineering terminology , two skins and a core . |
| 11 | First production from Draugen — BPNorway 's most valuable asset — comes just one month after the announcement of Norway 's 14th licensing round , in which BPExploration was awarded operatorship of two licences and a stake in a third . |
| 12 | The Rotary Club of Clacton wants to provide better medical care and child welfare by sending a convoy of two lorries and a minibus full of aid , including medical supplies , to the country . |
| 13 | The Marquess of Londonderry arrived with his traditional gift to a new bishop of two pheasants and a pound of butter . |
| 14 | Yet with a gap of two years and a change of players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to Kuijken 's own group , La Petite Bande , come differences which weigh significantly against the new issue . |
| 15 | All new carriage building ceased , with the exception of two saloons and a power car for the Royal Train , which entered service in 1941 . |
| 16 | The dentist explained : ‘ It includes a minimum of two check-ups and a minimum of two courses of treatment a year . |
| 17 | And this from a Hull trio of two teenagers and a drummer in his mid-20s . |
| 18 | No one could have imagined that the simple kindness of two individuals and a rescue society would call the British judicial system into question — and cost so much |
| 19 | The many aspects of Christian Aid work at St. A. 's & St. G. 's are given style and unity by ‘ Felicitous ’ posters , and also those of two Elders and a Church Officer , with a gift for calligraphy and communication . |
| 20 | Or would she marry some young idiot like this Sebastian and forget all her aspirations in the possession of two children and a semi ? |
| 21 | Yet there is an interesting side to the story that emerged in 1888 , some 165 years later , when workmen digging in Woodcote Road , close to the murder site , discovered three bodies — of two men and a woman . |
| 22 | I was accepted as part of the family , which consisted of two daughters and a grandfather , ; the husband had died many years before . |
| 23 | In 1871 she married the American journalist and painter William James Stillman , widower , former husband of Laura Macks , and father of two daughters and a son , who died in 1874 . |
| 24 | The game was made up of two penalties and a try … |
| 25 | Along with two players and a club official , President Bernard is being accused of trying to bribe a team to throw a match . |
| 26 | ‘ I left her wedding with two suitcases and a hat , ’ she recalls . |
| 27 | With two rooks and a bishop for the queen , Speelman has a nominal material advantage , but there are still threats to his king . |
| 28 | Rees , however , hit back to take the second set 7-5 and then moved 6-2 ahead in the next but Gourlay replied with two doubles and a single to take the set 7-6 . |
| 29 | They are armed with two pistols and a sword . |
| 30 | Yes , there it was at the centre , just as she 'd half recalled , a small panel carved with two stars and a Centaur aiming an arrow into the night sky . |