Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 2 | CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year . |
| 3 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 4 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 6 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 7 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 8 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 9 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 10 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 11 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 12 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 13 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
| 14 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 15 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 16 | But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . |
| 17 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 18 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 19 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 20 | If undemanding schooling methods , supplemented by hours in front of cretinous , discontinuous TV programmes , have given them a thirty-second attention span , poor linguistic skills , therefore poor conceptualising and critical powers , and a craving for instant entertainment , then it will not matter what cultural policy a government adopts . |
| 21 | I have asked no one else , I have given you the first opportunity of owning these things . ’ |
| 22 | Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out . |
| 23 | After Fox 's most successful three-day launch , the best ever non-summer debut , Mr Sherak said : ‘ We have doubled what the first movie earned two years ago . |