Example sentences of "number [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He knew somehow that I was dealing with this section and gave me the serial number of a wagon and told me not to go anywhere near it .
2 or a target to be aimed at because when I saw the sixty seven I remembered it 's the number of the song that begins lord bless and pity us .
3 If an incoming call is not convenient , explain why and take the name and number of the caller and offer to phone back .
4 The policeman noted the registration number of the vehicle and passed it to the Kos police dealing with the investigation .
5 As the records are processed in a sequence that can not be predetermined , we are faced with the problem that we know the key or control number of the record but have no indication of its location in storage .
6 On other occasions the product to be launched is considered to be over the limit of what can be given away and one creative idea which has now been taken up by quite a number of manufacturers is to raffle a small number of the items or to organise an amusing competition which journalists attending the launch are invited to enter .
7 Every two months a list of numbers of the assignments that have been proofed , that means all the ads have been done across the products and all the proofs have been sent out , we 've also clai got the balance of the first year 's payment .
8 The girl tapped Adam 's room number into the computer and waited for it to print out the bill .
9 ‘ Mrs Gray thinks he had a number in the morning but does n't know who they were from .
10 Children also like to paint their family or part of it , they do not necessarily show the correct number in the family or reflect gradations in size .
11 When he had explored the problem , I asked him if he could write down a number in the sequence and say which numbers were squared and added together to make it .
12 But the spokeswoman stressed it was the length of wait rather than numbers in the queue that mattered .
13 Once again this is to retain larger numbers in the analysis and maximize the statistical reliability of the conclusions .
14 Members of this common genus of non-migratory large strongyles frequently occur in large numbers in the colon and contribute to the deleterious effects of mixed strongyle infection .
15 The court will allocate a file number to the case and endorse a date for a hearing or a directions appointment on the copies for service .
16 Polly glanced at the compass , tried desperately to imprint the numbers on a brain that seemed to have gone completely blank , then looked round at him .
17 It was my job to go to all these various places and collect the money and take the numbers on the till and collect the money and put it in a bag , put it in the safe .
18 But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know .
19 Write your answers , along with your name , address and telephone number on a postcard and send it to :
20 When er when you spot that number on the list that comes out to you you can claim .
21 So be careful to make sure you find your number on the timetable and know where you 're going and who you 're going to be with .
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