Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September 1968 the executive sanitary officer in his annual report for 1967 said that over one thousand houses were occupied by more than one family and in several cases seven or eight families occupied what was originally a single dwelling . |
| 2 | It would take at least another seven or eight years to turn her into a recognizable human being . |
| 3 | He required seven or eight spinners to keep him busy as he threw his shuttle to and fro on his heavy wooden loom . |
| 4 | You may find that a crossover every eight or 12 rows suits your yarn better . |
| 5 | Back in 1983–84 , around 20 or 30 individuals styled themselves the Polo Posse — later Lo Lifes — setting out to steal ( ‘ boost ’ ) Ralph Lauren gear to wear , and resell to the growing number of black kids turning from the B-boy aesthetic to the preppy look , going from LL Cool J to LL Bean . |
| 6 | Nine hundred and sixty seven words that takes about five or six minutes to read it if I can read it in this light . |
| 7 | It 's where they 'll be expecting the Levenmouth army to arrive in two or three hours to support them . |
| 8 | We had a job which was involved in loading up the day before this is in a big van , in the previous job I I had , er er a large van fu filling it full of a houseful of furniture in the afternoon , sp spending two or three hours taking it out of store , and we were asked to deliver it to an address in New Brighton . |
| 9 | There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway . |
| 10 | I think , I think it would be a good idea to have , as every sort of maybe every two or three meetings to have something a bit different erm , and we do , we do find if we want to get through the business quickly |
| 11 | For all his eagerness , when he came to the testing time he hesitated to touch , and two or three times poised his hands over the book , only to withdraw them again from contact . |
| 12 | A trick I like to play when using a record or tape is to switch off the music two or three times to get everyone predicting when the end will come . |
| 13 | Ten years ago , applications for cases to be heard were dealt with relatively swiftly , but a dramatic increase in their work load has produced a situation where despite the appointment of more judges to the Official Referee 's court , applicants are having to wait up to two or three years to have their cases heard . |
| 14 | Even if the walker or climber has an ice axe they only have two or three seconds to stop themselves before their bodies , often clad in slippy waterproofs , pick up speed . |
| 15 | At the time I could n't work legally in England and I had about two or three months to deliver my thesis for my degree . |
| 16 | Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift , but they did n't stop . |
| 17 | ‘ I told you , two or three cars passed me but they did n't stop . ’ |
| 18 | However , it took me two or three weeks to learn them , to pick them up . |
| 19 | Another two or three men touched my body all over with about 11 burning cigarettes , continuously for two hours . |
| 20 | If you can afford it , spend two or three days recording your tracks , take away a rough mix and then go back to the studio after a week or so . |
| 21 | In terms of cash flow , it takes a business man eight or nine years to get his money back on any machinery , for example , that he buys . |
| 22 | Erm the advantage that schools has er have sorry , over the other products , is that if you went to a medical practice you may have four or five doctors to help you out . |
| 23 | However , the other aspect is that if you go to a medical practice you may have four or five doctors to help you out . |
| 24 | It has to shed its skin four or five times to allow it to grow bigger . |
| 25 | no not we , you I 'm asking Mr you have been doing estimates for four or five years have you ? |
| 26 | And that then still gives us four or five weeks to put anything right . |
| 27 | It will take you four or five months to get your life back in order ’ . |
| 28 | The ‘ window breakers ’ , as their name implies would sometimes fly ten or twenty feet making their use most unpopular with our elders . |
| 29 | He said it remained in the black but he refused to rule out job cuts at the factory , where 40 workers lost their jobs last year . |
| 30 | This idyllic stretch of beach is the beauty spot where two friends lost their lives in a frenzied attack . |