Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Chelsea fans went home deliriously happy after the club 's seventh win in eight games , a run which has moved them up to fifth place . |
| 2 | The 24-year-old Luton striker was sent off at Chester after scoring his first goal of the season , but Billy Bingham has called him up for next week 's Group Six qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly smuggling is monstrous and iniquitous , ’ replied the Mayor smoothly , ‘ and we are indeed fortunate to have stamped it out at last . |
| 4 | When she did get it in at last , she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it closed . |
| 5 | Try some of the exercises which follow ; they may seem to make you slower at first , but not only will your speed increase as you get used to them , you may begin to look at problems in a different way . |
| 6 | They swore that they had turned her down at first , but that she had behaved in such a bold manner — sitting on their laps , kissing them and fingering her body — that they could not hold back any longer . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's all in the past , there I 've said it now at last . ’ |
| 8 | Reilly is confident that rest will cure Jonathan Davies 's persistent groin problem but must be concerned about Lucas 's broken wrist which threatens to keep him out of next month 's Cup final . |
| 9 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 10 | She had taken it well at first herself , somehow understanding that Fernando and Maria Luisa had drawn comfort from each other . |
| 11 | No , they 've put them down in third division now . |
| 12 | You would n't start to cut it up till next day |
| 13 | It 's just proved my ability to learn chunks of knowledge , chunks of pages and books , and reproducing them the day after , then forgetting it , then you have to learn it again for next year 's exams . |