Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former meaning may be loosely paraphrased as : ( 26 ) one of the feats commonly expected of acrobats The second meaning can not be paraphrased by ( 26 ) . |
| 2 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 3 | It is , in particulars the unnerving intellectuality of the life around him that Hölderlin attacks , the overvaluation of philosophizing and the promise of action that never comes , the substitution of books and words for deeds , the excessive introspection and lack of worldly competence ( the criticism has a special poignancy in that these are character traits he is intimately familiar with , which at times become part of his self-criticism ) When he speaks of Greece , it is not always clear whether he has in mind the fifth century or the timeless present in which Hyperion lives , but it is always Greece that provides the contrast . |
| 4 | I was kept in a cell overnight to appear in court the next morning . |
| 5 | I reapplied to Switchboard the next day . |
| 6 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 7 | If this happens at night , go to ground , shelter yourself as best you can and go looking for help the next day unless you 're likely to freeze to death in the meantime . |
| 8 | Came into work the next morning . |
| 9 | Rock ‘ n ’ rail Some months before the troubles developed in East Germany , one of the world 's more arcane organisations , the Ireland-German Democratic Friendship Society , announced plans to celebrate in Dublin the 40th birthday of their comrades ' dictatorship in the East . |
| 10 | If all goes according to plan the first stage will cost about $7m a day . |
| 11 | According to G.B.S. the last thing of importance that had happened in this agricultural community was , perhaps , the Flood . |
| 12 | We 'll stay put in old West Ken , ’ but Oliver had seen it all , and I came to America the first time on May 25th . |
| 13 | It was seven at night and the commercial had to be presented at breakfast the next day . |
| 14 | If you read her diaries you discover that she travelled incessantly on trains and overnight trains so that she could speak at meetings the next morning . |
| 15 | We did n't discuss it , and when he did n't appear at work the next day I thought he was just sulking . |
| 16 | Apart from her anxiety over Jennifer 's meeting David again , Rachel had been looking forward to Family Day , but when she arrived for work the next morning the preparations were the furthest thing from her mind . |
| 17 | The lines were opened for service the next day , 12 April , from the ‘ Pawleyne Arms ’ , along Penge High Street to the Thicket Road terminus and from the ‘ Robin Hood ’ to Low Level Station . |
| 18 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 19 | Giap arrived in Beijing the next day , the first high-ranking Vietnamese official to visit China openly since CPV general secretary Le Duan visited in late 1977 [ see p. 28913 ] . |
| 20 | Members of the new Cabinet who celebrated over lunch the next day were burdened by no such solemnity . |
| 21 | A Dunbartonshire gentleman attached to the Duke of Montrose became involved in what he described as ‘ a foolish ploy [ which ] happened at Glasgow the first day at the Circuit held ther with some of our friends & Barrowfields , wher we were all fyned ’ . |
| 22 | I think he would have tore into Russell the next second , with his fists or his revolver , but now the Spencer was levelled at his belly ; almost touching it . |
| 23 | Currently in beta test , MicroWorks is scheduled for release the first quarter of 1993 — it is priced at $12,500 . |
| 24 | Access for Windows developers kits are scheduled for release the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 25 | Scheduled for release the first quarter 1993 XRAID is priced at $33,000. +1 416 636 3000 |
| 26 | The toolkit is scheduled for release the second half of 1993 . |
| 27 | Developer kits are scheduled for delivery the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 28 | As 8,000 refugees escaped into Croatia the last bridge was blown up . |
| 29 | The first person says a name and place beginning with A. The second person says one beginning with B and so on . |
| 30 | We 're hoping to say with on Thursday night , and then Friday & Saturday I will be at Hanbury Manor ( what a hardship ! ) , sharing with Heather the first night and Auntie the second . |