Example sentences of "[vb pp] [num] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand . |
| 2 | Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks ' severance pay . |
| 3 | Sources said they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks severance . |
| 4 | Its title is ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ ( 14 February-20 March ) , and director Nicholas Logsdail has selected fifty artists to illustrate his theme . |
| 5 | He has selected ten artists to illustrate his thesis in which he ponders whether art might have replaced religion as a vehicle for modern spiritual thought . |
| 6 | By the age of 12 , she was only the size of an eight-year-old and had already undergone two operations to straighten her legs . |
| 7 | If you were given three hours to collect your thoughts and write it down , you 'd all d excuse me , hello , right . |
| 8 | Kisekka , who was appointed Vice-President , was in his mid-70s and reported to be in poor health ; in February 1988 he had been given three deputies to ease his workload . |
| 9 | Interested groups such as businessmen , shoppers and environmentalists will be given three months to give their views . |
| 10 | Joe the jet pilot has logged 100 hours flying his plane at a Speed of 548.25km per hour . |
| 11 | The Angel of Death looks in and he says : ‘ You 've got five minutes to get your clean nightdress on , and arrange your effects , and put the cat out , and tear up that compromising letter , and then I 'll be back for you . ’ |
| 12 | Nicol , since the disastrous encounter near Ullesthorpe , had had five days to make his way lamely across country to reach Sub-Prior Herluin and make his report . |
| 13 | He had persuaded two fellow-officers to follow his example and take Kirov as their personal tailor . |
| 14 | He is resentful that no aid was given to him — another villager was given 3,000 rupees to repair his house because , says Kirtana , he knew the local member of the Orissa state parliament . |
| 15 | The Cullifords were to have spent 3 weeks visiting their daughter and 3 granchildren in Illinois . |
| 16 | She 's spent 6 years researching his life and she 's now written a book which describes him as a talented , but essentially ordinary man . |
| 17 | They have spent ten years perfecting their own blend of rhythm and blues and building up a solid base in the region . |
| 18 | Brian May has spent five years making his debut solo album . |
| 19 | On one occassion he had made a huge crossbow , hoping to throw himself to the mainland , but the elastic snapped , sending him backwards into the school and he had spent two weeks finding his way out . |
| 20 | Palestinians with relatives still inside Israel could pay two-week visits — many , like Damiani 's wife , have gone wistfully to look from a distance at the homes they once bought and lived in — and the same Israeli spokesman who referred to the Palestinian Arabs as ‘ a community of refugees ’ said that he had himself assisted 40,000 Palestinians to rejoin their families and become Israeli citizens . |
| 21 | We were allowed ten minutes to have our coffee and bread before being chased back to the barrack rooms for cleaning and tidying . |
| 22 | I heard of a notable exception recently , where the farmer almost encouraged two detectorists to search his seeded fields . |
| 23 | He grew up in a world of feud and betrayal , the hedgerow ambush on the country road , the British officers or agents in their rooms , given two minutes to say their prayers and then ‘ plugged ’ through the sheets and blankets of the beds in which they lay . |
| 24 | She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) . |
| 25 | In humans , for instance , gall bladder emptying elicited by CCK is a slow steady process that generally required 30–60 minutes to reach its maximum . |