Example sentences of "[adj] [num] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Tarsus , Paul continues his missionary journey , which lasts some fourteen years and takes him across virtually the whole of the eastern Mediterranean world — not only throughout the Holy Land , but to Asia Minor as well , and across the sea to Greece . |
| 2 | Saunders scored twice after thirty eight and forty five minutes and notched his hat trick with a penalty twelve minutes from time . |
| 3 | Gorge and Mary Webster eventually had another twelve children and found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 4 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 5 | Park after a few hundred metres and don your mountain boots for the approach — and all of two minutes . |
| 6 | JR sent for the latest aged debt report , quickly extracted from it the top 20 customers and found what he now expected to find — that more than 80% ; of the total debts were due form these , although by number they amounted to considerably less than 20% ; of the total customer file . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular . |
| 8 | Do we have the constituencies as were before the additional six seats or do we continue with the constituencies with the additional seats . |
| 9 | In the aft compartment they went through the routine exercise of listening to the remaining six missiles and found what they had expected , nothing . |
| 10 | But , along with everyone else , he had a tremendous game and played his part in one of Palace 's best-ever away performances in the old 3rd Division South , helping us to gain a splendid 3–2 victory and earning himself an accolade from Palace Manager , Ronnie Rooke , who said that Jack ‘ came through with flying colours ’ . |
| 11 | If I put a two there , I 'll have an extra three characters and gives me a full stop and two zeros . |
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| 13 | The wraith of a smile was still strung across the chief inspector 's lips — a configuration they fell into naturally when the brain behind them was puzzled — as Dexter unglued one eyelid and focused his eyes on her . |
| 14 | If she does create a new four-bead group , she ‘ wins ’ these four beads and takes them off the board , leaving the hole empty . |
| 15 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 16 | She gave us an IOU for three million pounds and told us to get lost . |
| 17 | In this chapter , we shall examine the nature of these two concepts and estimate their value for teachers . |
| 18 | ‘ How fantastic , ’ I thought , ‘ if I could separate these two characters and give my fun-loving side his freedom . |
| 19 | For many fans their only chance of getting a coveted Wembley ticket was to collect all three vouchers and hope their numbers came out in a draw . |
| 20 | Both ends of the building were on fire , flames pouring from the end windows of all three floors and licking their way hungrily towards the roof . |
| 21 | Erm I would like to formally second Mr because I followed a situation where the previous minister had baptised anyone and when I arrived I discussed with the session what our policy on baptism was and we concurred that we should follow the nineteen sixty three law but apply it under grace and with the spirit of God in mind and we had some very difficult situations when people said to me no I have no time for God in my life but I want you to baptise my baby . |
| 22 | ‘ When she arrived at his flat one night and told him that she had left me after admitting everything , he was furious . |
| 23 | So erm how did it , did you stay for the full six months or did it er extend further than that ? |
| 24 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 25 | So we 're definitely agreed that we ask the Town Clerk to make those two contacts and to put it on the agenda for the Planning Committee ? |
| 26 | The fifty nine pound that looked one that looked |
| 27 | Starting in numerical order , each plane would climb to fifteen thousand feet and empty its sack . |
| 28 | Although the Chinese have held jade in the highest regard for a matter of five thousand years and carried its symbolic use to levels of sophistication far beyond that of other peoples , no natural deposits are yet known from within the ancient limits of their country . |
| 29 | Er it is then an opportunity of getting at five five individuals and giving them a a pretty thorough going over and and a lot of encouragement . |
| 30 | a ) Bring out five prongs of the tool , take the first five stitches and place them two stitches in . |