Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 2 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 3 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 4 | ‘ Didya read the script I brought last week ? ’ |
| 5 | We did n't expect the country we edged last year to look so much better than our team this summer . |
| 6 | But oh , he had set her heart to racing the instant she 'd first seen him . |
| 7 | The desire of the Cambridge Boat Club to win this year began the evening they lost last year . |
| 8 | They have come to reinforce the message they left last time . |
| 9 | Milan , inevitably , are strong favourites to retain the title they won last season , especially after signing new stars Papin and Lentini . |
| 10 | Parrott , the world number two , is hoping to retain the title he won last year . |
| 11 | All the examples continue the work we began last month by featuring double stops that have been derived from chords . |
| 12 | When we took the step we did last May , we did n't desert the Tory Party , we rebelled against it and I for one said that I would go back in the fullness of time , I just hoped I could go back with something to show for it . |
| 13 | ‘ I can see why you reacted the way you did last night . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 15 | Armed with a book on Scottish castles and an Ordnance Survey map , they drove from Dumfries to Caithness in search of a wreck to salvage , until Stewart remembered the castle he had first seen as an architectural student . |
| 16 | Somehow she doubted whether sharing with Sandra the fact that she already did regret the day she 'd first laid eyes on Matthew would be helpful to anyone . |
| 17 | He had , she decided , recognised that her business did not represent the handicap he had first imagined and abandoned his quest . |
| 18 | She had the face I had first seen in the music-room door : both amused and conspiratorial , and now appealing as well . |