Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bottcher Strawalde is an artist who lived for several decades in the shadow of the Berlin Wall ( the film was discovered or rediscovered by Parisians a month ago at the Jeu de Paume ) . |
| 2 | From November , 1914 , Ruhleben ( racecourse stables outside Berlin ) housed for up to four years about 4000 Britons , who ranged from several honeymoon couples just arrived in Germany for their August holidays to dons and students on walking or reading parties , musicians and sportsmen snatched from festivals , and even a journalist with an ear supposedly close to the ground , Israel Cohen , a German correspondent for the London press who had cheerfully left on July 29 for his vacation near Dresden . |
| 3 | — Enthusiasts will delight in seeing over 100 species of rhododendron , many planted by H R H the Princess Royal who subscribed to several expeditions to collect exotic specimens from the Himalayas . |
| 4 | Perhaps those artists mentioned who worked in several ways — like Hartley or Guston or Morris — will be shown in a manner that suggests some of the aesthetic connective tissue that is otherwise ignored , but if they are represented only by their signature work a great deal will be missing . |
| 5 | Five years on , with the Nazis extending their anti-Semitic reach , Willi 's guardian , a Russian Jewess who looked after several refugee children , decided it was time for a mountain trek to more hospitable territory . |
| 6 | Minton 's generous hospitality was extended to many , to Robert Frame , Leslie Todd-Reeve and his wife , Nessie Dunsmuir and her sister who lodged for several weeks at Hamilton Terrace before and after a major operation . |
| 7 | The fate of a fallen minister or favourite might be even harder if he had aroused real fear and hatred in his opponents the executions ( or rather judicial murders ) in 1719 of Baron Goertz , the adviser of the dead Charles XII of Sweden , and in 1772 of Count Struensee , the progressive-minded but tactless favourite who had for several years dominated the court of Denmark , are good illustrations of this . |
| 8 | Skinflint Ebeneza is played by showbiz legened Anthony Newely , who starred in several smash hit musicals including Stop the World I Want to Get Off . |
| 9 | There followed individual portraits of Bobby ( Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool ) , Eric ( Royal Albert Museum , Exeter ) , Oska , who sat on several occasions , as well as one of Judith Hollman ( Colour Plate VIII ) . |