Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [vb past] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 2 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 3 | In the control group there were 14 people still at home at one year , but only eight lived alone and only four did so without closely involved relatives . |
| 4 | Just 24 walked away with them . |
| 5 | A woman of about 30 lurched out of the Post Office in front of us and staggered down the road a few steps before falling — her exposed thighs and palms making a sickening ‘ slap-smack ’ sound on the pavement . |
| 6 | A small boy of about six came up to Jackson and stared at him from a distance of two feet before pulling a face and running away . |
| 7 | PENSIONERS protesting outside Manchester 's town hall where about 3,000 rallied yesterday at a Grey Power conference . |
| 8 | PENSIONERS protesting outside Manchester 's town hall where about 3,000 rallied yesterday at a Grey Power conference . |
| 9 | Suddenly , a girl aged about 16 walked up from one of the scattered houses in the village and stood in the same spot he intended to use for his photography . |
| 10 | You had a bath , and some time around ten-thirty went down to the kitchen wearing your dressing-gown and slippers to make yourself a mug of Ovaltine . |
| 11 | According to government claims , over 250 LTTE rebels were killed between Aug. 22 and Aug. 26 , including over 100 shot down from a helicopter as they cycled to reinforce LTTE positions near Kopay . |
| 12 | The decline in economic activity among men aged over 65 progressed steadily throughout the century — from roughly two-thirds in the 1900s to one-third in the early 1950s and less than a fifth in the 1970s . |
| 13 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |
| 14 | Over 130 sat down to a five course meal and afterwards danced to the music of Scarhill Sound under leader Jim Drysdale of RoyScot Factors . |