Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [conj] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls , curved or octagonal , gleamed into brilliance as Jezrael passed , dying behind her until the next person switched them on by body-heat . |
| 2 | Sniffing around the back door it occurred to me that the last time I 'd missed something : there was no cat door . |
| 3 | They made towards it as the first flare hit the sea , continuing to burn , with clouds of smoke drifting upwards . |
| 4 | But she turned away without looking at him and the next moment Doyle had him by the arm and was hauling him upstairs . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , what a lovely garden , ’ said Sally-Anne , looking around her as the last bloom was placed on her pile . |
| 6 | Right , cos it only dawned on me cos the first of September |
| 7 | The second has one twist placed in it and the third has two twists in it . |
| 8 | But in a case where the discussion begins with the fact that the description of the goods by which they were sold points to one particular purpose only , it seems to me that the first requirement of the subsection is satisfied … |
| 9 | Philippa , 41 , said : ‘ One minute Rod was joking about it and the next he was acting strangely . ’ |
| 10 | Two of them stood with their rifles levelled at her and the third raised his palm and made a short , brusque , fly-swatting kind of gesture . |