Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 2 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 3 | He returned a few minutes later with the news that a room was available . |
| 4 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 5 | A way forward seemed to have emerged some decades ago with the school of " facet analysis " developed from the work of Dr S. R. Ranganathan , whose revolutionary Colon Classification is widely in use throughout India . |
| 6 | It caught on over here some years later with the Seven Men of Preston setting the trend . |
| 7 | In 1989 the agreement concluded some years earlier with the Chinese government for the peaceful winding-up of the 1 50-year lease on Hong Kong suddenly seemed hard to defend . |
| 8 | The Advanced Courses Development Programme Central Support Unit was established on a short term basis just over two and a half years ago with the task of co-ordinating the development of the new system of advanced courses . |
| 9 | We had er er quite a few catastrophes today with the flowers . |
| 10 | The jeep-driver went into the farmhouse and emerged a few seconds later with the burly man . |
| 11 | ‘ Hello Friday — just to let you know I 'll be a few seconds late with the tea ! ’ |
| 12 | He returned a few moments later with the dish , and the little hedgehog could hardly believe her eyes : the gigantic dish was overflowing with dog food . |
| 13 | I tested a few planks carefully with the weight of my hand , then retreated and stood up on safer ground . |
| 14 | Church musicians might be encouraged to attend such courses together with the clergy . |
| 15 | We 'll also be discussing these matters further with the milk boards . ’ |
| 16 | Pupil files contain these records together with the brief notes recorded daily by the staff , copies of termly reports , and completed conduct forms which accompany the pupils when they commence a programme of phased re-entry to school . |
| 17 | That 's about it for the plot , except to say that it all ends happily with the birth of a new egalitarian mobster alliance . |
| 18 | In addition , this 1678 Act ‘ for lessening the importation of Linnen from beyond the Seas , and the encouragement of the Woollen and Paper Manufacturers of the Kingdome ’ further instructed that the curate of every parish keep a register , provided at the expense of the parish , into which had to be entered all burials together with the affidavits taken by the justice of the peace , mayor , ‘ or such like chief officer ’ in the parish or , ‘ if there be no officer , then by any curate within the county where the corpse was buried ( except him in whose parish the corpse was buried ) , who must administer the oath , and set his hand gratis ’ . |
| 19 | And those poles across with the |
| 20 | Instead , to the chagrin of fashion editors , he locked himself and the model in the studio , and emerged several hours later with the shot and the girl , sometimes ecstatic , sometimes in tears . |
| 21 | His research began several years ago with the design of an instrument for exerting pressure on the brains of anaesthetised experimental animals , and mimicking human brain damage during injury or stroke . |
| 22 | He has also worked for a period , several years ago with the dye house production control at Templetons . |
| 23 | [ Incidentally , I sent district managers copies of all our brochures several years ago with the same intent and there was no take-up . |