Example sentences of "number [prep] [noun] we have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The number of times we 've made it up with her after falling out because of her trouble making , and in no time she 's been at it again . |
| 2 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 3 | I mean frankly David , if you look at the number of games we 've had so far this season , it would be totally impractical for both teams to have played on the same pitch . |
| 4 | I 've lost count of the number of late-night movies we 've watched in this way or the number of dawns we 've seen together . ’ |
| 5 | The weight in kilograms is a hundred times the number of engines we 've got . |
| 6 | ‘ It does n't take a rocket scientist to work out that doubling productivity , and therefore halving the number of wells we have to drill , will greatly improve the economics of our activities in Colombia . ’ |
| 7 | I very much doubt if you 'd be able to afford even half the number of servants we have to run this house . |
| 8 | because if one division , we know how many , each d i if we 've got for each division the number of agreements , the number of sessions , the number of staff we 've got three common factors , different numbers obviously |
| 9 | It 'll be physically impossible with fixtures for , with the number of fixtures we 've had , it 's just , er it 's physically no er not not possible . |
| 10 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 11 | I mean if you take the number of people we 've had that 's had to get babysitters and that |
| 12 | Now just give you an example of the numbers of schemes we 've got at the moment , just on my area , my old area from West Bridgford , covering Newark , there 's two hundred and twenty Neighbourhood Watch schemes . |