Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 4 attempts and 2 hours they finally got 568 kayaks strung together and held only by hands for 30 seconds before departing 5km down to Holme Pierrepont for a fun afternoon . |
| 2 | Of the 105 countries who originally signed the convention , only 22 have subsequently ratified it . |
| 3 | Two campaigners , an Englishman and a Frenchman , brushed away tears as they recalled 453 airmen who never returned from World War 2 sorties . |
| 4 | ‘ For 30 years I always painted on the spot , even in deep snow . |
| 5 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 6 | The 12 jurors who eventually emerged , acquitting themselves both responsibly and wisely , were mocked all through the trial for their necessary ignorance . |
| 7 | After 45 minutes they finally emerged from the storm under broken cloud , and then made good time to Rangoon . |
| 8 | Nextdoor are 10 year-olds who also spent the previous day at Home farm — looking at wildlife in hedgerows and a pond and checking for pollution . |
| 9 | In fact , Los Angeles scared him a little and for the first six months he barely ventured out of the house alone . |
| 10 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 11 | Erm you will see that in section one , I 've identified six sectors which broadly relate to the main er the primary roots which er cross the Greater York area . |
| 12 | These include Great Barrier Reef trips in amphibians , Grand Canyon trips with Las Vegas 's Scenic Airlines , the Bolivian 727 crews who routinely take off and land at airports over 13,000 feet amsl , and others . |
| 13 | Eduard 's gentle insistence that we try a few gems from the cellars of Veuve Cliquot roughly translated into six bottles which rapidly topped up our reservoirs of ‘ entente cordiale . ’ |
| 14 | He selected 47 pilots who mostly came from the ranks of the retired or off-duty military with extensive T–6 and formation experience . |
| 15 | Greenpeace is mounting a campaign against drift nets and Xavier Pastor , the Mediterranean co-ordinator , comments that some 800-900 of the 1,200 boats which regularly use drift nets come from Italy . |
| 16 | Within six weeks their most aggressive rivals had a new de Chavigny campaign under way — and not on the drawing-boards , but on the pages of every major magazine in the country . |
| 17 | ‘ Some people think the Christmas holiday is the 10 days we just had off from school , but I think it 's more than that . |
| 18 | George , sister Alison and father George senior work with brewer John to produce six brews which now sell from Cornwall to Alloa . |
| 19 | ‘ Next thing we were playing support on a Mary Black tour and from doing folk club gigs for maybe 100 customers I suddenly found myself doing 20 nights in a row in front of 2,000 people or more . ’ |
| 20 | Paddy Smith 's 8F 48151 powers it way up the Furness mainline . |
| 21 | Six patients who ultimately presented with gastrointestinal symptoms reported long histories from 9 to 50 years . |
| 22 | More than 100 are on duty to keep an eye on the 2,000 clubgoers who nightly dance or drink away the small hours from 11pm to 6am . |
| 23 | When we were under the cosh with 10 men he really buckled under . |
| 24 | Massenga gestured to the other six men who immediately followed him into the prison compound , each carrying a Mini-Uzi . |
| 25 | The small scale of its activities was always mentioned : it was estimated that of the 30,000 boys who annually left London elementary schools , not more than 2% came under its influence and that of similar organizations . |
| 26 | There are only about six mechanisms you actually need to know . |
| 27 | While he was away was the longest fifteen months and eight days I ever spent . |
| 28 | The three climbers who originally passed the message to them were eventually traced , and confirmed that not only had they informed the Guardia Civil in person on the 21st , but afterwards had phoned each day to see if Jeremy had been found . |
| 29 | It had been bought by his three sons who all worked in Saudi Arabia . |
| 30 | For 35 minutes they actually dominated possession and position and Saracens seemed in a lot of trouble . |