Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When I got used to the light I could see two men sitting grinning at me .
2 If you go to an estate agent you may have two people to help you out .
3 For a programme in which you can devote six hours a day to language learning , Brewster and Brewster suggest the following amounts of time on each phrase : In your daily programme you may experience two reactions — boredom or frustration .
4 Here is a sample check list from the Kusaal language of Ghana : to the right of the lists you would have two columns , marked " s " for " same " and " d " for " different " .
5 In this chapter we shall identify two periods of decisive constitutional change since the eighteenth century , and in Chapter 4 we will deal with the substantial pressures for change with respect to the contemporary constitution .
6 When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge .
7 To answer a relevant costing question we must do two things :
8 Well you know William you can have two points
9 If Vina Buller has a clear round today not only will she collect a hefty cheque she will receive two Cork crystal trophies and the Gowran Grange cup .
10 If you change the term to 10 years you will discover two things : first the column of results is n't wide enough and second , after increasing the column width , you find that the final amount is £1,638 including £438 interest and the earnings ratio is more than double , at 36.57% .
11 And if you look at the literature on the American presidency in the post second world war years you will find two themes two related themes .
12 A bell rang , and for a moment they could hear two voices arguing .
13 In the distance I could see two flagstaffs , one with the Union Jack fluttering , the other with the blue flag and stars of New Zealand .
14 In the light from the ball she could see two shapes inside the bodies of Rodomonte and Molassi .
15 For a pair of next year 's Centre Court tickets at Wimbledon you must buy two £500 debentures costing approximately £4,500 each .
16 And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest , to the door of the tent of meeting .
17 And if in carrying he is delayed out for the night it will count two works .
18 The first time you try it you 'll find it difficult to keep the nose planted that far down , Stuka-like ; but remember , starting at FL 300 even at that rate you 'll need two minutes to get down to breathing levels , which encourages a firm push on the yoke .
19 One month you might get the beans , they might get through , another month , the rice might get through , another month you might get two months of oil .
20 Elimination only occurs after three stops at the same obstacle — in theory you could have two stops at every fence without being eliminated .
21 Professor Baldassare Conticello , the Soprintendente , estimates that at this rate it will take two generations before the whole of Pompeii is once more in a stable condition .
22 Thus if you set aside £25 per month it would take two years to accumulate the £600 minimum for the Gift Aid scheme .
23 Even with the best economic policy it will take two years from this point to go through the unavoidable stages of deflation and recession to reach the start of recovery .
24 when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know .
25 Where the licensing justices grant a restaurant licence they must attach two conditions :
26 Well no it 's only seventy pee a roll it might take two rolls but at least it 's , sort of , done .
27 At the end of the summer I shall complete two years as the caretaker of Report ( the fulfilment of a verbal obligation I made in August 1968 ) .
28 However , to get any basic pension you must satisfy two conditions .
29 And if you were on night duty you 'd get two nights off , but when you came back you 'd , you 'd , you 'd have to be on duty that night so you 'd have to go to bed that day .
30 For £25 you can secure two tickets to the dress rehearsal , an LP and personal line credit in the programme .
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