Example sentences of "to [num] [adj] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taiwan will grant political asylum to 12 Chinese dissidents who went to South Korea fearing persecution for involvement in the pro-democracy movement in China , an official of the Exit and Entry Bureau said yesterday . |
| 2 | A plate of dates was produced and we threw the stones over a low wall to three black goats who munched them mournfully . |
| 3 | Sally Watkin talked to three adventurous couples who defied the tradition of the white wedding and opted for something completely different . |
| 4 | What impresses me is that when the causes of this ancient conflict have been forgotten , except by those who have made a study of it , this monument remains , crudely chiselled and doubtless seldom visited , testament to three modest souls who died for what they believed in and who are otherwise lost to history . |
| 5 | In the final days of the occupation the Iraqis were alleged to have perpetrated a reign of terror within the city , including random killings , rape , the destruction of many public buildings and the seizure of up to 5,000 Kuwaiti citizens who were believed to have been taken to Iraq as hostages . |
| 6 | In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers . |
| 7 | For them , Japan was a magnet , promising them wages many times what they could earn at home , but according to one Pakistani worker who yesterday decided to speak out publicly , the reality was very different . |
| 8 | Let me take you to one twentieth-century Christian who seems to me to express this so vividly . |
| 9 | He wants new eggsperts , aged between seven and 11 , to join his club , and he 's giving free membership to 250 lucky children who call ( 0839 ) 168107 by April 10 , 1991 . |
| 10 | I stop to give a lift to two young warriors who are fully made up in ochre topped by head-dresses . |
| 11 | ‘ YER'LL'AV TA FILL YER CUPS LAOW ’ ( to two po-faced caravanners who were fussily clamping a magnetic spirit level onto their trailer in an unsuccessful attempt to get it to stand even — and to think caravans originated with gipsies ! ) . |
| 12 | The scholarships will be awarded to two London-based guitarists who will undoubtedly benefit from a year 's tuition at the school . |
| 13 | A village has paid tribute to two American airmen who died when their jet crashed just after take off . |
| 14 | It all sounded very silly in a stuffy railway carriage spoken to two German soldiers who did not understand English . |
| 15 | It is symbolic that a Babylonian text records a payment of oil to Jehoiakin , the son of the king of Judah , and to seven Greek carpenters who worked for the Babylonian court ( Ancient Near Eastern Texts , 2 ed. , p. 308 ) . |