Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most , but not all , of the islanders retreated to the mainland , returning five months later to discover that their island had grown by over a square mile and that nearly half the town had been destroyed . |
| 2 | Each member has one democratically elected representative on the board , who , in turn , has one vote either to admit or reject new members . |
| 3 | The French team , it seems , arrived 10 minutes later to find that South African Rugby Football Union representative Jackie Abrahams was the only visitor still there . |
| 4 | She 's got two kids there to look after she 's devoted to them ! |
| 5 | Griffin ran into problems quite early , against MCC in fact , at Lord 's , where he was called three times fro throwing and once , simultaneously , for dragging . |
| 6 | As early as 1879 , the union secretary was reporting in consternation : " so highly are they prized that one master who employs 20 girls vauntingly said that with his girls and the … foreman , he could carry on the work of his establishment , dispensing with journeymen ! " |
| 7 | In a report that describes in detail ‘ poor physical conditions ’ the Youth Treatment Service group lists 23 recommendations still needed before the centres can provide proper treatment . |
| 8 | Planemakers Boeing decided two weeks ago to recommend that the world 's 500 jumbos should be examined for cracks in the four-inch long bolts . |
| 9 | ‘ There was a lady who called two weeks ago crying because her tortoise had died . |
| 10 | And Wimpey has gone one stage further to ensure that even the openings to which the windows are fitted reduce air leakage . |
| 11 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 12 | It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries . |