Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun] " 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 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 6 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 7 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 8 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 9 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 10 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 11 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 12 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm going to make you the next Madonna . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 17 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 18 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 19 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 20 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 21 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 22 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 23 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 24 | Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 27 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 28 | But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . |
| 29 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 30 | He had kissed her a second time . |