Example sentences of "or [num] [noun pl] with [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While ‘ male ’ magazines are too numerous to mention the equally diverse ‘ female ’ population is expected to make do with just 1 or 2 magazines with their concerns at heart . |
| 2 | I had five or six friends with me . |
| 3 | and two or three shepherds with them . |
| 4 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
| 5 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |
| 6 | He took the two or three steps with her to the other doorway . |
| 7 | I remember after the show you spoke for twelve minutes without a note and not only that but you came round afterwards and spent eight or ten minutes with us , the artists , which absolutely made our evening . |
| 8 | I 'd heard stories of women being in labour for twelve or fifteen hours with their first child so I was quite pleased . |
| 9 | He said last night : ‘ I 've had a spot of bother for the past four or five years with my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a bone growth about the size of a pea . |
| 10 | ‘ I shall take four or five drivers with me . |
| 11 | Whereas this job , although it centres around the similar sort of thing , has become much more diverse particularly in the last three or four years with our involvement with deposit of poisonous waste and site licensing … ; planning applications are referred to a lot more now than when I first started . |
| 12 | He really wants to discuss one or two things with you . ’ |
| 13 | I just want to exchange one or two ideas with them which they may find to be of benefit . |
| 14 | And er I brought one or two pieces with me and stuck in there . |
| 15 | ‘ I must get a move on too , ’ declared Travis , and while he delayed to exchange one or two pleasantries with his cousin , Leith hotfooted it out of there . |