Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thoroughly wet wood has something like a third of the strength and stiffness of completely dry wood . |
| 2 | Cannon stole one at the sixth to go 5-1 up . |
| 3 | Afterwards McEnroe finally agreed to hold a press conference — thereby avoiding a $10,000 fine following his refusal to attend one after the first round . |
| 4 | This declared ambition to reach a broad readership beyond the closed bastions of academia brings one to the first fissure in the book . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Airdrie had something of a fifth column working for them . |
| 7 | But now , after he has commanded Abraham to leave everything behind a second time , he waits until Abraham has passed the test . |
| 8 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 9 | The work is of a very high standard , with several children who have recently joined the school writing something for the first time . |
| 10 | But that , that is a Y equals something X to the tenth , so it 's it 's not going to have a gradient that requires Y equals something to the tenth . |
| 11 | The child may not have enough time to finish one before the next is shovelled in and so gag . |