Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] i [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three days I skipped a lesson and came to see you . |
| 2 | In ten minutes I saw a summary of the whole butcher 's shop of war . |
| 3 | Over a period of ten days I spent a lot of energy and seemed to come through with colours flying . |
| 4 | Well , within about ten days I got a phone call from a solicitor er in Leeds telling me to let me ha let the bloke have the stuff . |
| 5 | After about five minutes I heard a voice behind me say : ‘ Hi , there ! |
| 6 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |