Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enrolled under my maiden name , because I wanted other students to know me as a person first , as opposed to a professor 's wife . |
| 2 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 3 | The first allows political realities to be brought about by defining them in the mind first and then applying perception to reality ; the second leads to the belief in supra-personal historical processes , Hegelian determinism and Marx . |
| 4 | Mrs Lennox said Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin , Air Member for Personnel , told them in a letter last month that their application was ‘ unlikely to succeed ’ before they had even submitted estimates from insurance companies of what their children 's education was likely to cost . |
| 5 | ‘ Captain Robins drove me around the island last night , ’ I said . |
| 6 | She 's the girl who let me into the house last might … |
| 7 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 8 | The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door , giving him written instructions on how to find the ward . |
| 9 | Okay , well put it on the agenda next time |
| 10 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 11 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 12 | Angeli , who also was not in court , had committed a fault in selling them to the press last August . |
| 13 | No Should have had one in the bedroom last night with next door upstairs . |
| 14 | But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year . |
| 15 | She killed herself at the theatre last night . ’ |
| 16 | Facing him at the office next day was like facing a firing squad . |
| 17 | Francis always takes him for a walk last thing before going to bed . |
| 18 | Remember — get it round the loop first , then tidy it up later . |
| 19 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
| 20 | Brigadier Gatehouse is coming to start you on the shooting next week and Miss Bedwelty is coming to discuss the riding arrangements today . ’ |
| 21 | The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night . |
| 22 | Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform . |
| 23 | A pipe feeding the power steering system came adrift on the climb oil to pump out of the hydraulic system , and Fisher seized the opportunity to start building a lead that was eventually to carry him to a record fourth successive Lakes victory . |
| 24 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 25 | It 's up there , I saw it on the door last night . |
| 26 | But these considerations did not stop Ortho-Cilag , the manufacturer of another anti-arthritic drug , Zomax , from taking it off the market last week after only five reported deaths in US and three in the UK . |
| 27 | ‘ We did n't make it to the Bazaar last night . |
| 28 | You 'll see that reflected by the European press and the public as we introduce it on the continent next year . |
| 29 | Your article on hedgehogs in the March issue reminded me of an incident last summer . |
| 30 | My predecessor supported me in the Lobby last week , as did the vast majority of the House . |