Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Despite a boom in interest in the early '80s , with one hundred and fifty authorities considering contracting out in the years 1982/83 , only thirty-seven actually did so .
2 While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 .
3 Just 22 months after walking out on the Merseyside club , the 41-year-old Scot received a warm reception from the Kop as he took his place on the Blackburn Rovers bench .
4 Amre , who helped add 118 in 38 overs for the fifth wicket with Tendulkar , made 78 from 154 balls before holing out to long-off .
5 MORE than 12 years after teaming up in Heriot-Watt University 's volleyball team , two Royal Bank staff are once again in the thick of the action .
6 Allen and Farrow , who never married , were together for 12 years before splitting up in January 1992 .
7 Rose with three men ambushed a couple of trucks one evening , killing 12 men before melting back into the shadows of the scrub .
8 The Butter Tubs Pass links Swaledale and Wensleydale , snaking airily up from Hardraw , crossing the saddle between Lovely Seat and Shunner Fell at 1100 feet before dropping down to Thwaite .
9 Austria has 10 resorts with skiing down to valley level .
10 Only those patients who completed at least six months of follow up after adequate initial dilatation are included in the analysis of the long term results .
11 Okay , go back to work , fully recovered , okay , if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again , due to the same or related condition as the last claim , then we wo n't install , or employ the deferred period , we 'll treat is as a continuation of the previous claim .
12 So if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again .
13 Tatung Science & Technology Inc has responded to Sun Microsystems Sparcstation 10 announcements by coming out with the Super Compstation 10 Series , a line of seven MBus-based workstations .
14 Tatung Science & Technology Inc has responded to Sun Microsystems Sparcstation 10 announcements by coming out with the Super Compstation 10 Series , a line of seven MBus-based workstations .
15 A notorious Australian criminal is behind bars again eight weeks after walking out of an open prison .
16 However , his performance vindicated the Wearsider 's pre-fight prediction that he would need at least two or three fights before moving up in class in search of a European or world title .
17 After a cautious start , Wharton , at 24 , a year younger than the Australian , took his time in the first three minutes before opening up with a series of punches in the next three rounds .
18 One Olympic athlete broke a world record only an hour after intercourse and a British athlete ran a four-minute mile just ninety minutes after getting down to it .
19 They are parasitic on fish , feeding on the blood for three months before dropping off as miniature mussels .
20 Stuart stayed only ten months before setting up on his own in 1956 .
21 Furthermore , he agreed that after the trials and tribulations of the previous 29 months since taking over from Bobby Robson , he finally feels at ease with himself and the job .
22 It was a year and ten days after bailing out over Berlin !
23 The FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points before setting out on a steady recovery , closing 4.1 points down at 2,277.5 .
24 He would give Tommy Blue five minutes before going in after him .
25 A yachtsman has been reunited with his wife — five months after setting off on a voyage which should have lasted just four weeks .
26 After all the criticism of the Tory campaign it was a remarkable achievement for Mr Major 16 months after taking over from Mrs Thatcher when the Tories were 20 points behind in the polls following the poll tax debacle .
27 His last sexual encounter before meeting Angela had been four months previously and Angela had not slept with anyone for nine months since breaking up with her previous boy-friend with whom she had been going out tor a year .
28 Nine months after splitting up with Crawford , Gabrielle began a relationship with Chelsea footballer Tommy Baldwin , who had also parted from his wife .
29 One thousand and ninety five days of staring up at Pete 's mattress .
30 Running on the second leg in the boys ' competition , Simon Pocock gained 38 places before handing over to Kevin Nash who passed another 16 teams to put his side into 12th .
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