Example sentences of "five [noun pl] [adv] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over lunch we decided that we could repeat what we had done at Muirfield Village and take all Four fourballs and five hours later it was done . |
| 2 | Five minutes later we were sailing through rafts of them only feet from the boat . |
| 3 | Five minutes later she was tucked up in bed , sleeping happily once again , while Jake had retreated to his little ante-room . |
| 4 | Five minutes later she was sitting at a small table at the back of the dining-room , hidden from but within full hearing of the noisy bar . |
| 5 | Five minutes later she was coming downstairs again , almost hurriedly , still hatted and coated . |
| 6 | Five minutes ago you were ranting about how you hate your work and yet , when I offer you a perfectly equitable way out of your situation , you hesitate . ’ |
| 7 | Colourful adverts for the Farley 's drink in magazines show a child snuggling down to sleep with a cup slipping from his hand , and the slogan : ‘ Five minutes ago he was demolishing the house . ’ |
| 8 | Colourful magazine adverts for the Farley 's drink show a child snuggling down to sleep with a cup slipping from his hand , and the slogan : ‘ Five minutes ago he was demolishing the house . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't say it 's a coincidence that in every interview you see with these women the journalist always picks that five minutes where they 're going on about abuse or victimisation . |
| 10 | Five months later he was found dead in his garage , having hanged himself . |
| 11 | Five weeks later he was seen doing 95mph through roadworks . |
| 12 | Five years later it was modified as the Trionic Attak , and some boots were given a ‘ sprung ’ , or slightly curved sole — a simple device that makes for far easier walking , first used in Brasher Boots . |
| 13 | Five years later he was judged by the hospital staff and by the Home Secretary , who has to agree to the fitness of certain patients held for indeterminate periods , to be discharged on trial leave . |
| 14 | Five years later he was reported missing in the fighting around Leningrad and the family never saw him again . |
| 15 | Consequently , the sample group had been using heroin for an average of five years when they were interviewed . |
| 16 | The programme , which was valued at £43m over five years when it was launched in 1989 , has had its budget cut to £29m . |
| 17 | Five years ago it was announced in a communique issued from Agriculture House that tomatoes which are smallish , about 7 to the pound , round , red all over , and firm are the best and command the highest prices . |
| 18 | Five years ago she was awarded an MBE in the Queen 's Birthday Honours . |
| 19 | Each year the ‘ hockey stick ’ moves on a year , or sometimes two years , and the only certainty is the constant conviction that five years out everything is going to be all right . |
| 20 | In one argument it is pronouncing that huntsmen are having fun , while five sentences later it is saying they are cruel and wicked . |