Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 2 | The first allows political realities to be brought about by defining them in the mind first and then applying perception to reality ; the second leads to the belief in supra-personal historical processes , Hegelian determinism and Marx . |
| 3 | ‘ Captain Robins drove me around the island last night , ’ I said . |
| 4 | She 's the girl who let me into the house last might … |
| 5 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 6 | The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door , giving him written instructions on how to find the ward . |
| 7 | Okay , well put it on the agenda next time |
| 8 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 9 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 10 | Angeli , who also was not in court , had committed a fault in selling them to the press last August . |
| 11 | Facing him at the office next day was like facing a firing squad . |
| 12 | Remember — get it round the loop first , then tidy it up later . |
| 13 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
| 14 | Brigadier Gatehouse is coming to start you on the shooting next week and Miss Bedwelty is coming to discuss the riding arrangements today . ’ |
| 15 | Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform . |
| 16 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 17 | It 's up there , I saw it on the door last night . |
| 18 | But these considerations did not stop Ortho-Cilag , the manufacturer of another anti-arthritic drug , Zomax , from taking it off the market last week after only five reported deaths in US and three in the UK . |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't make it to the Bazaar last night . |
| 20 | You 'll see that reflected by the European press and the public as we introduce it on the continent next year . |
| 21 | My predecessor supported me in the Lobby last week , as did the vast majority of the House . |
| 22 | if you 're interested , then we can do that in the bath , can you put them in the box first |
| 23 | Instead of lifting her into the saddle first , as he had always done before , he mounted Chalon , turned the horse in a tight circle to present its left flank to Isabel , and extended an imperative hand . |
| 24 | The equally indomitable Dunwoody had his second fall of the day on Calabrese and completed a painful hat-trick when King of The Lot unseated him in the Tote 7th Handicap Chase , won by Howe Street . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend makes a good point and I think that it would be legitimate to raise it during the debate next week on the motion to approve the autumn statement , when I hope it will be pointed out that that party political broadcast was a gross travesty of the facts of British manufacturing industry . |
| 26 | He punched me in the head first , from the side . ’ |
| 27 | Having trouble with both these pens today , I left them in the car last night , I think they must have got a bit cold . |
| 28 | The four , who re-release their single Thank You For The Music next week , split up 10 years ago . |
| 29 | Go back to the lift and go up , carry the weight to the button and drop it on the button to start the swing , stand on the swing and fly up-right , collect the weight above you and throw it onto the button next to the swing , go back to where you grabbed the weight , go left , collect the weight , go right to the wall and fall down , throw the weight on the button , go up , left , up the pipe , collect the flower and go down the pipe . |
| 30 | They had discovered it in the bed last night when one of them had found themselves lying on it , and it had been pitched out into the darkness . |