Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of caribou perished in just the first year of this dam . |
| 2 | No one has so far questioned the judgement that ‘ Montini 's letter is the single most important document for understanding not only the first session but the whole Vatican Council ’ . |
| 3 | Greece thus offers not only the first instance of this change but also the essential one for any attempt to isolate the cultural consequences of alphabetic literacy ’ ( ibid. p. 42 ) . |
| 4 | Where the case is apt for a Ghosh direction , the whole test must be given not just the first part : Ravenshad [ 1990 ] Crim LR 398 ( CA ) and Brennan [ 1990 ] Crim LR 118 ( CA ) ( on handling ) . |
| 5 | They made love a third time before falling into an exhaustion that was beyond pleasure , their naked bodies sprawled together , arms and legs tangled , and when they woke up late the next day Damian made love to her again until her eyes closed and she shuddered in hot delirium against him . |
| 6 | I woke very early the next morning . |
| 7 | Pick off just the first flush of flowers from the ever-bearing kinds . |
| 8 | The installation of the other two new cards and their spinning frames is part of a phased operation to minimise disruption but will follow on immediately the first card is completed . |
| 9 | Before embarking on what will inevitably be a huge investment , would it not be better to wait and see just how the next round of arms negotiations comes out . |
| 10 | Before embarking on what will inevitably be a huge investment , would it not be better to wait and see just how the next round of arms negotiations comes out . |
| 11 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 12 | We can see also how the first sentence has a second phrase using syncopation , which is a distinct change from the first phrase . |
| 13 | I remember so well the last time our secretions commingled . |
| 14 | On the same day that Bathsheba arrived home , Mr Boldwood went to apologize to her for speaking so violently the last time he had seen her . |
| 15 | I set out early the next morning and travelled all day . |
| 16 | You heard well enough the first time . ’ |
| 17 | Many of Wordsworth 's poems are attempts to show how we associate ideas ( see ‘ Hartley ’ , p. 80 ) , and he often points out how the second idea — ‘ the echo of the voice ’ in this case — is blended with the first idea on which our conscious attention is fixed — ‘ my eye / Was fixed upon the glowing Sky ’ . |
| 18 | but the third letter has got to be an S , as it turns out now the third letter 's got to be an S |
| 19 | That influence will be needed tonight as Wrexham bid to climb further up the third division table . |
| 20 | ‘ They called the police , but were able to fly back home the next day , as planned . |
| 21 | Note too how the first sentence rests on D ( part of the dominant chord ) , thus inviting continuation , while the second ends on C , confirming finality . |
| 22 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 23 | Yes we used to A whole lot would come here and I 'll go somewhere else the next day you know , we used to help one another to sheep shearing . |
| 24 | Mother went out early the next morning , and it was nearly seven o'clock before she came home . |
| 25 | If you carry on I 'll show you the situation worsens as we 've attempted Carrying on on the seventh floor , all the , all the other gangs are still employed working in the previous area . |
| 26 | We have n't got enough Nice to get some work started on the eighth floor because of the different activities But then again with the activities that are carrying on on the seventh floor we ca n't By the time we get round to the ninth pretty desperate . |
| 27 | This is because , however often an experiment comes out right , you can never be sure that it will come out right the next time , and so you can never be sure that your hypothesis is right . |
| 28 | An unlikely pairing but both did quite well the second half and 's experience and talking w we thought made the back four definitely stronger than in the last few weeks . |
| 29 | She paused halfway up the second flight to hear whether anyone was following , but all she heard was the sound of a door below opening and the voices of Joseph , Maurin and Barbara Coleman going into the flat . |
| 30 | You will have to explain exactly why the first report was useless , why the particular expert was chosen and why you think that a new expert would come up with a case-winning report . |