Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route . |
2 | I did n't know whether he had two loans or not or whatever it is because |
3 | Miss Chadwick added that they sing two services a week and in addition perform larger choral works in the concerts they stage once or twice a term . |
4 | Then it was decided that we needed two terminals . |
5 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
6 | If the new work is given to you in a lecture , you can assume that you require two hours of study for each hour of lecture — for reading of the subject before the lecture , and as a first review ( " within the first 24 hours ) . |
7 | For our purposes , however , no harm will be done if we distinguish two uses of ‘ I believe that … ’ . one in which it expresses the tentative belief that what is specified by the following wording is so , the other in which it expresses the belief or awareness that the speaker has the belief . |
8 | The same system will be adopted if you have two receptions , one in each country . |
9 | What does it matter if we have two ships or ten out here , two hundred men or two thousand ? |
10 | Patrick , a former soldier , was alone on an around the world adventure when he was shot as he resisted two men who tried to take his cash and camera . |
11 | This bottle seems to have a plastic stopper , ’ he murmured as he filled two glasses . |
12 | Well that 's right cos they were thinking of erm , mind you they 've stop , they 've already parted and they stopped two days in and then |
13 | It 's just like sharing I mean if we had two pizzas and we shared them between the two of us how many would |
14 | We can see that he had two views of what constitutes a ‘ law ’ , or perhaps we should say that he had two views as to how ‘ laws ’ manifest themselves . |
15 | The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology . |
16 | Looking at his reflection a child sees that he has two eyes and one nose , that his mouth is lower than his nose , his ears are at each side of his head . |
17 | Oh yes indeed , indeed , well only last week I said do need some flowers , come on Thursday they 're fresh , I said I want them now Lionel , I hate to be without flowers in the room and he said well have two for the price of one , he would insist that I had two bunches for the price of one . |
18 | She boasted that she had two bedrooms and a bathroom , which had been constructed from a third bedroom . |
19 | So erm Well first you you welcome them and then say , erm you know , how much time have they got because we offer two tours . |
20 | Erm the inter-club show erm we had to pay judges er two of them thirty pound , we would normally have got Keith for nothing , I know that we had two judges so we had to pay them er we did like so that 's two fifty pounds and we bought some we had some old trophies which we were able to buy plates for to use for that event . |
21 | I know that you killed two people . |
22 | Eventually the family decided that they needed two contracts , one between James and Avril , the other between Anne and her parents . |
23 | For this reason , Bilson 's term ‘ speculative efficiency ’ helps to emphasize that we have two hypotheses in equation ( 3.29 ) : rational expectations and the equality of forward and expected future spot rates . |
24 | On 15 August 1991 when she visited social services with D. , it was found that he had two scratches on his cheek and a bruise and the mother would not say how those were caused . |
25 | My name is Scruff and I am a very good dog but I 'm awfully expensive to keep because I needed two operations and I am still not fully recovered . |
26 | When the frame was unfolded and set up she saw that it contained two photographs — one of a good-looking white-haired clergyman wearing a biretta , and the other of a ‘ sweet-faced ’ woman , her slender hand fondling the large cameo brooch at the throat of her dark dress . |
27 | The US government felt that it possessed two weapons with which it could influence the Russians . |
28 | Charges against the Marquis of Blandford alleging that he assaulted two policemen have been dropped . |
29 | ‘ Michael Mills insisted that we had two safety wires on Michael , whereas stuntmen would normally work with just one . |
30 | themselves and cut themselves and for , for Allah and whatnot hit and he had two policemen , now if they had , they 're , they 're not allowed to stop you and ask for your identification unless they have policeman with them , but they can arrest you and take you to their police station and they can be quite intimidating and , but they were going round , there was American service in there who have little cards written on it , they said they do n't have to cover their heads they , they 're allowed to do just as well as they please |