Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] with a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His biggest regret , he said , was not signing off with a 34th try . |
| 2 | If the plan goes through , the mine would push further west from the workings acquired when Wheal Jane lined up with a second mine , Mount Wellington , a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
| 4 | And now Dennis Gray has weighed in with a second version of his ‘ Life as a Climbing Tyke ’ — the first having been that marvellous tale of human bondage from 20 year ago , Rope Boy , or ‘ How I survived an apprenticeship with Joe Brown and started to love climbing ’ . |
| 5 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 6 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 7 | He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season . |
| 8 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |