Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And yet in one way the later poet contradicts himself in the next stanza by following the traditional pastoral view that there is plentiful and ‘ luscious ’ fruit , ready to be picked and savoured .
2 The Seventh , however , is reined back to the point of stodginess , at least until the white-hot finale and even there one of the trumpets forgets himself in the last three bars .
3 The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal .
4 The Formula One world champion test drives it for the first time in Phoenix on January 4 and will find his sleek , high-speed T93 series chassis also longer , bigger , heavier and cheaper than any previous IndyCar or championship-winning Canon Williams Renault FW14 .
5 If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters .
6 Thoroughly wet wood has something like a third of the strength and stiffness of completely dry wood .
7 The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) .
8 The what question provides us with the next guideline :
9 In regard Angus Brown , John McVurich are in the parish of Kilvarow the presbytery refers them till the next dyet therein . "
10 In regard Angus Brown , John McVurich are in the parish of Kilvarow the presbytery refers them till the next dyet therein . "
11 Ayer tells us in the next paragraph :
12 The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on .
13 This declared ambition to reach a broad readership beyond the closed bastions of academia brings one to the first fissure in the book .
14 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 .
15 The haul up the corrie takes you to the first peak , Tom na Gruagaich , from where you must drop down and follow the ridge to the summit of Beinn Alligin , and although that 's where we packed it in , the walk could continue along a stunning ridge to cross the famous horns of Alligin , two pointy crags that stand like gateposts over a terrifying gully .
16 My wife treats ours like a second handbag — it 's full of rubbish .
17 Because each upgrade forces them into the next software price band , software also costs more .
18 As we pass the top of the stairs the thought hits me for the thousandth time .
19 Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] .
20 The movie version blows it in the first couple of minutes .
21 ‘ And I am sure that a mighty host awaits him in the Next World . ’
22 A pleasant 15-minute walk brings you to the first two faces , which contain dozens of routes at VS to E1 .
23 Sale' s 16–6 win over Bedford hoists them to the second promotion slot .
24 Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me .
25 Seaforth also tops the line 's efficiency league , ahead of European ports of call , and ACL uses it as the first and last calling point to take advantage of the growing links with the Mediterranean , Northern Europe , the Baltic States and Ireland .
26 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 .
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