Example sentences of "and [num] [noun pl] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a hundred and fifty years ago that the French writer Alphonse Karr said : ‘ the more things change , the more they are the same . ’ |
| 2 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 3 | You can read in The Spectator of two hundred and sixty years ago that the streets of London were not safe at night because of the Mohawks , gangs who terrorised London and beat up the Watch , who tarred and feathered innocent citizens . |
| 4 | It would be owners and occupants of Wyvis Hall between nine and twelve years before that they would wish to interview , and those were Great-Uncle Hilbert , who was dead , himself and Ivan Langan to whom he had sold the house . |
| 5 | Not every day , nor as often as I would wish , but I took my middle daughter to see it yesterday and we hugged it together , and two days before that I hugged it with a friend . |