Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their world was petrified , and only fifty metres separated their sanctuary from the sea of red death . |
| 2 | Faldo carved just three birdies from the unforgiving terrain but only three bogeys blemished his card . |
| 3 | There was some variation between the practices , but only three fundholders reduced their rates , which may be due to normal year on year differences . |
| 4 | It took Everton only 15 minutes to get their noses in front when Mark Ward made the opening for Matt Jackson to burst between two defenders and pull the ball back for Cottee to steer it wide of the helpless Mark Crossley . |
| 5 | It will typically take several hours for the car to go down the line , hundreds of workers will be directly involved in fitting the various bits and pieces , and each will have a cycle time of perhaps 60 seconds to do their allotted task . |
| 6 | Such was the enthusiasm and unanimity of the delegates of the steering committee that it required only two meetings to complete their task . |
| 7 | The adults have only two hours to complete their life cycle , and the males actually help the females out of their pupal cases to speed up mating . |
| 8 | He may have only two games to save his job against the powerful Brazilians and Germans to conclude the ill-fated US Cup tour . |
| 9 | RANGERS ' 2–1 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice , coupled with Hearts ' 0–0 home draw with St Mirren has left the champions needing only two points to retain their title . |
| 10 | This was to Eleanor of Aquitaine and it was celebrated just eight weeks alter her first marriage , to King Louis VII of France , had been annulled . |
| 11 | NEW Zealand captain Martin Crowe played a masterful innings of 91 off just 100 balls to lead his side to a thrilling victory with two balls remaining in the one-day international against Australia in Hamilton today . |
| 12 | If you had to buy just three items to update your wardrobe this spring Jeff 's advice would be a new jacket : |
| 13 | I need just ten minutes to get your brothers to this airport . |
| 14 | He started as a part-time sales assistant , and in the space of just nine years worked his way up through store management to area and regional management and finally to his present position . |
| 15 | Just 13 horses stood their ground at yesterday 's latest forfeit stage for the final classic . |
| 16 | Each year approximately 160000 children see their parents separate , and lone-parent families have increased , from 8 per cent in 1971 to 14 per cent in 1987 ( OPCS , 1988 ) . |
| 17 | Just five horses stand their ground for the £145,000-added St James 's Palace Stakes , first day feature at the showpiece meeting . |
| 18 | You have just 24 hours to rescue your sovereign sibling , or he/she will be turned into a ghost and be forever shunned in royal circles ( a bit like Fergie ) . |
| 19 | With Leeds losing 2-1 at Ibrox , they needed at least two and preferably three goals to rescue their ambitions . |
| 20 | On a more optimistic note , French Property News ( 081–942 0301 ) reports that the economic gloom failed to prevent nearly 7,000 visitors attending its exhibition held in London in September . |
| 21 | Nearly 19,000 motorists converted their cars to lead-free petrol on the AA 's automobile association nationwide adjustment days last week . |
| 22 | John Fitzgerald and Anders Jarryd , the Wimbledon champions , took nearly three hours to win their opening match 6-3 , 6-7 , 6-1 , 7-5 over Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensberg . |
| 23 | It was from a corner that Malcolm Allen headed the second after 18 minutes to claim his eighth of the season before Andy May volleyed the third from the edge of the box against his former club . |
| 24 | Points out that even though no more than week long , seemed to last approx. 2000 years given their children with talent for running away from home/eating razor blades/climbing into boot of car to die/vomiting continuously/fighting with our children in between asthma bouts . |
| 25 | Yet those British ships that reached harbour undamaged on 2 June were refuelled and made ready for sea within five hours , whereas the Germans took nearly four months to prepare their fleet to sail . |
| 26 | Nearly 40,000 geese spend their winters here . |
| 27 | Instantly 20 soldiers buried their massively muscled pincers in my stick , possibly never to let go , while dozens more swarmed up the stick causing me to let go with alacrity . |
| 28 | This gives the bird only about 10 seconds to make its escape from a wide bodied Boeing 747 . |
| 29 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 30 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |