Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heart stopped beating and doctors who were summoned took 32 minutes to restart his heart . |
| 2 | Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand . |
| 3 | The one hundred and fifty minutes has its entertaining chunks but Little Big Man too self-consciously views the past from a modern standpoint ( there is even a gay Red Indian and bluesy music ) , and the demystification of legends , such as Custer , is done in too simplistic a manner , a process Penn had begun in The Left-Handed Gun . |
| 4 | Its title is ‘ Out of Sight Out of Mind ’ ( 14 February-20 March ) , and director Nicholas Logsdail has selected fifty artists to illustrate his theme . |
| 5 | Only two of Ulster 's 32 clubs play their hockey on grass and Gavin realises that Portrush are caught in a time warp which could hinder the North West outfit 's progress . |
| 6 | But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient . |
| 7 | Hodgson took 278 minutes to complete his hundred , facing 239 balls and hitting 13 fours and he was still there on 107 out of Gloucestershire 's 208 for two at the close . |
| 8 | Substantial increases on the previous year were made by 446 Branches , 138 Branches sustained their last year 's contribution , which in many cases had already been a record , and only 43 were significantly down . |
| 9 | What better place for two of our London-based Target ‘ 92 candidates to test their training progress . |
| 10 | There were few casualties on shore but forty-five seamen lost their lives when their ships sank . |
| 11 | Housebound and often in severe pain , Mr McTear says that it can take him 30 minutes to recover his breath from the simple act of walking downstairs in the morning . |
| 12 | Firstly , for many it can help to control body weight because regular , vigorous exercise lasting for at least 20 to 30 minutes increases your energy output and helps you use up body fat . |
| 13 | Fourteen-year-old RACHEL SEATON was so bored she 'd have rather spent the 30 minutes doing her homework . |
| 14 | The final morning brought even more snow , so much so , that I spent 2 hours digging my car out . |
| 15 | The IBM team spent 22 hours writing their letters , but the Germans take only milliseconds to create each trimer . |
| 16 | ( While the legislative bodies of the 22 provinces nominated their senators ( two each ) , the Federal District of Buenos Aires elected its two senators by means of a special electoral college ; senators served a nine-year term , with one-third of the Senate seats renewable every three years . ) |
| 17 | Mind you , Richard Hannay in John Buchan 's The Thirty-Nine Steps planned his route because people were trying both to kill him and lock him up , and he still seemed to have some fun . |
| 18 | DEC is to purchase $8m of Auspex systems over the next 12 months to support its networked Unix workstations . |
| 19 | Well over 400 individual environmental measures have been taken over the past 12 months to deliver our commitments , ranging from telephone helplines for those concerned about air quality to major international agreements on new standards for cars and water . |
| 20 | INTERNATIONAL flanker Denis McBride is in for a busy 12 months following his confirmation as Malone skipper for a second consecutive season . |
| 21 | The company say it has a 40% worldwide market share with 300 companies using its stuff . |
| 22 | The injured pilot was airlifted to safety but deadly gases from bubbling molten lava at first forced the 12 rescuers to abandon their search for the rest of crew . |
| 23 | Then he holed from 12 feet to keep his slender advantage after being bunkered at the sixteenth . |
| 24 | On her first opening day , 300 visitors made their way up the farm 's single-track drive . |
| 25 | These are the dedicated few who , week in , week out , come rain or snow , stare out of the clubhouse window at 22 diehards freezing their pads off for fun . |
| 26 | Exxon has 30 days to consider its next step . |
| 27 | It may take longer than 30 days to achieve your goal weight ; it depends how much you need to lose . |
| 28 | At around £30 , the 4-CD set From The Top ( A&M ) by The Carpenters is a good buy , featuring 67 tracks spanning their entire career and including 20 that have never been released before . |
| 29 | They have until the end of June to decide if MCC can be rebuilt around its American publishing subsidiaries , Macmillan and Official Airline Guide , in a deal that would involve 43 banks converting their loans into shares in the new company . |
| 30 | During the 300 years following their introduction , Cronk indicates that these herbivores prevented regeneration of the natural vegetation by consuming seedlings and removing the bark of saplings . |