Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " 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 | The 12 jurors who eventually emerged , acquitting themselves both responsibly and wisely , were mocked all through the trial for their necessary ignorance . |
| 6 | After 45 minutes they finally emerged from the storm under broken cloud , and then made good time to Rangoon . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In fact , Los Angeles scared him a little and for the first six months he barely ventured out of the house alone . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | He selected 47 pilots who mostly came from the ranks of the retired or off-duty military with extensive T–6 and formation experience . |
| 11 | ‘ Some people think the Christmas holiday is the 10 days we just had off from school , but I think it 's more than that . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | When Lilly finally handed over reports from the June symposium to the Committee on Safety of Medicines on 7 October it also proposed that the data sheets of information to doctors be changed to recommend ‘ half doses to the elderly ’ , according to the DHSS press office , or ‘ reduction of dosage to over 75s ’ according to the health minister . |
| 14 | Six patients who ultimately presented with gastrointestinal symptoms reported long histories from 9 to 50 years . |
| 15 | As the group grew to 2,000 people I still knew the key people and was able to approach them even in the latter days when I was one of many . ’ |
| 16 | When we were under the cosh with 10 men he really buckled under . |
| 17 | Massenga gestured to the other six men who immediately followed him into the prison compound , each carrying a Mini-Uzi . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | While he was away was the longest fifteen months and eight days I ever spent . |
| 20 | DFC and Bars , and his third tour with No 139 Squadron which later had a modified 120 – scanning H2S that acted as hand-maiden to the Light Night Striking Force . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It had been bought by his three sons who all worked in Saudi Arabia . |
| 23 | For 35 minutes they actually dominated possession and position and Saracens seemed in a lot of trouble . |
| 24 | Cathy Panton-Lewis led the three Scots who all made the cut . |
| 25 | The youngest three brothers he hardly knew ; he had n't grown up with them . |
| 26 | But , for three months he never had you know , seven days a week like , you know . |
| 27 | With five and even three elements I always had one element in the centre . |
| 28 | On special occasions L.O.R. trains ran through to Southport , although the voltage on this line was 600 D.C. which sometimes caused problems . |
| 29 | Over two or three days it suddenly became malign enough to seem a reflection of Bella 's casual slaughter of their lives , and at last he rose in revolt . |
| 30 | So he rowed out to sea in his little boat , and for three days he neither ate nor fished , but let the tides carry him where they would . |