Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had had to stand her up on their second date . |
| 2 | The only slight cloud hanging over the Australian World Cup celebrations was the realisation that Nick Farr-Jones would not be there to lead them out in their next match . |
| 3 | Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment . |
| 4 | Pat had agreed and Anne and John spent a blissful leave fitting it up as their first home . |
| 5 | His politics , as exemplified by this omission , again prove intriguing and his almost furtive observation hands me on to my next destination . |
| 6 | Anyway , James Brown — who ‘ poached ’ me from Sounds to procure information on ‘ rock ’ music , an alien genre to NME staff flourishing on a staple diet of Ecstasy and Ribena in the halcyon daze of ‘ indie dance ’ in 1990 — ordered me out on my first ‘ job ’ to interview Page Three ‘ model ’ Maria Whittaker , whose debut single had stormed the UK Charts at Number 138 … with Kevin Cummins … |
| 7 | He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second . |
| 8 | ‘ I worked it out during my second week here . |
| 9 | Then you can take us on to our next engagement . ’ |
| 10 | He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey . |
| 11 | But something , some sharper , unaccustomed sound , brought me out of my first deep sleep into listening wakefulness . |
| 12 | A dream I had not so long ago took me back to my first year in Vienna . |
| 13 | The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 14 | Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling . |
| 15 | Try it out on yourself first ! |
| 16 | Robert 's own Christian name , as we know , had come from his maternal grandfather , Robert Hasted , and he passed it on to his second child , Robert Edward ; thereafter the same name would continue in that branch of the family until well into the 20th century . |
| 17 | You build up a frightening picture of an immensely long , empty passage of time , only to cancel it out with your last breath , leaving your audience thoroughly confused , but clinging to the idea that eternity is ‘ like ’ a great length of time . ’ |
| 18 | IRENE Aldis , who lost her wedding ring in 1932 , got it back for her 102nd birthday after it was found in a field at Honingham , Norfolk . |
| 19 | He must have taken them back with him last time he was here . ’ |
| 20 | Jack persuaded Ducrocq to take him up for his first real flight , from that moment Jack knew that speed on the ground was no longer enough . |
| 21 | Lauda and Ferrari were supreme in 1975 and Lauda 's five wins , including three in succession , were enough to take him on to his first world title , a title he would surely have retained had it not been for his accident at the Nurburgring . |
| 22 | When you take him out for his first walk on the lead , it is always nicer if an older dog accompanies you . |
| 23 | If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter . |
| 24 | Perhaps this was all a conspiracy between them … they were trying it out on her first . |