Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It struck me suddenly we were within two weeks of Christmas .
2 No , fridge/freezer so it 's down two flights of stairs .
3 so whether they think , well so it 's after six months ,
4 Well it 's a joke , because , they take up all the seats , like they 're in two seats of four , and a , there is no way you can , half the students , these silly old people come in and they take up four seats and eat our lunch .
5 ‘ Wednesday : By now we are in two camps .
6 Now we were at 2,000 feet , the grasslands and such trees as there had been were below us .
7 Now it was worth five times what he paid for it , a fact on which he often dwelt with satisfaction .
8 Do you want to borrow , well it 's on two tapes , well I 've still got it on the tapes if you want it , it 's quite a good quite a good film
9 From our ( disad ) vantage point 50 yards from the touchline , it looked like Bull 's goal ( well he was within two yards ) .
10 and second of all he 'd known her since they were at school , well he was like ten years older , but something like that any way oh brilliant this is back on Jack The Ripper that
11 Surely it 's worth fifty dollars to you ? ’
12 If by then you are within five minutes of the end of the examination period do n't waste time by writing such fatuous remarks as " sorry , no time " .
13 In the time of King Edward and afterwards it was worth seven pounds , now sixteen .
14 In the famous debates between the Levellers and the army leaders , principally Cromwell and Ireton , at Putney in the autumn of 1647 , the Levellers argued that those who had fought on Parliament 's side had earned the right to be enfranchised : " if ever a people shall free themselves from tyranny , certainly it is after seven years ' war and fighting for their liberty , " said Maximilian Petty .
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