Example sentences of "two [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked off before he could answer and stayed very close to the other two until dinner was actually served . |
| 2 | Mrs Browning , who looks weak and I believe has hardly moved from her room all winter , though she has ventured on a carriage trip or two since spring arrived , is excited by the promise Cavour has made to bring some statesmanship into this affair and hopes much from him . |
| 3 | Sometimes , it may be wise to arrange for the mortgage advance to come a day or two before completion is scheduled . |
| 4 | The only difficulty with arranging for the mortgage advance to come a day or two early is that interest will be charged to the client-borrower a day or two before completion is actually scheduled . |
| 5 | It is essential that a thorough selection trawl of new books is made , because important titles must be put into stock before they have a chance to go out of print , and because the first year or two after publication is the time that books are usually in most demand . |
| 6 | Colin was based at Linlithgow for 10 years — the first eight as Assistant Manager and the final two as Manager — and although originally from Edinburgh , he and his wife Joy and their two sons , Martin and Douglas plan to stay in the town . |