Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
| 2 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 3 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 4 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’ |
| 7 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 8 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |
| 10 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 11 | Every time I 've asked him to do anything in the last three days , I ca n't , working out the quiz . |
| 12 | Having given up all hope of getting hold of a man for herself alone , she would be prepared to share one as the next best thing . |
| 13 | We 're not g gon na get one within the next few years . |
| 14 | He did n't know when he 'd be back and she should cancel everything for the next several days . |
| 15 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 16 | ‘ If we have learned anything from the last few years , it is that availability is the main occasion and the trigger for experimentation among the young . ’ |