Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star .
2 ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’
3 CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year .
4 He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message .
5 Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’
6 He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night .
7 The Purchaser should at least accept that certain warranties should be given subject to the Vendor 's knowledge — eg those warranties which seek to anticipate what a third party might do in the future .
8 If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel .
9 His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers .
10 It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought .
11 So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience ,
12 Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her .
13 He did n't have to tell me a second time .
14 Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance .
15 By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence .
16 Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance .
17 He had kissed her a second time .
18 And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever !
19 If undemanding schooling methods , supplemented by hours in front of cretinous , discontinuous TV programmes , have given them a thirty-second attention span , poor linguistic skills , therefore poor conceptualising and critical powers , and a craving for instant entertainment , then it will not matter what cultural policy a government adopts .
20 And in fact you 're probably going to be invited because everybody seems to want to give me an eightieth birthday party .
21 Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out .
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