Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know whether he had two loans or not or whatever it is because |
| 2 | For our purposes , however , no harm will be done if we distinguish two uses of ‘ I believe that … ’ . one in which it expresses the tentative belief that what is specified by the following wording is so , the other in which it expresses the belief or awareness that the speaker has the belief . |
| 3 | The same system will be adopted if you have two receptions , one in each country . |
| 4 | What does it matter if we have two ships or ten out here , two hundred men or two thousand ? |
| 5 | Patrick , a former soldier , was alone on an around the world adventure when he was shot as he resisted two men who tried to take his cash and camera . |
| 6 | This bottle seems to have a plastic stopper , ’ he murmured as he filled two glasses . |
| 7 | It 's just like sharing I mean if we had two pizzas and we shared them between the two of us how many would |
| 8 | So erm Well first you you welcome them and then say , erm you know , how much time have they got because we offer two tours . |
| 9 | My name is Scruff and I am a very good dog but I 'm awfully expensive to keep because I needed two operations and I am still not fully recovered . |
| 10 | This is what Ruth er felt cos she had two boys |
| 11 | I wonder if he left two minutes in hand , like me , to get from the barrier to a compartment level with the Greenwich exit , or three , or five , or whether he liked to arrive at the very last moment and leave a slight uncertainty in the air . |
| 12 | You would n't notice if I grew two heads and a beard . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Gwen complained as she brought two cups of tea over to the table and sat down , ‘ Matt 's the only one who seems able to cope with him . |
| 14 | Towelling herself , she looked out of the window , and paused as she noticed two figures climbing up a path that wound up the side of the mountain . |
| 15 | ‘ I said when we arrived two weeks ago that by the time it came to this Test you would have to give us a 50–50 chance because this is a one-off game , not part of a Test series . |
| 16 | Following as it did two years of bitterness caused by the government 's political intervention in food distribution , the tax provoked an immediate and direct response from large sections of the movement . |