Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [vb base] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We prop the grating open with another branch and spend the next half-hour pulling fallen branches and logs from all over that part of the hill , dragging them into the clump of bushes and throwing them into the shaft ; we snap dead branches off trees and bushes and haul and peel living ones off ; we scrape together armfuls of dry leaf litter and throw those over the edge of the chimney , too ; everything goes under the grating and down into the shaft . |
| 2 | We 're holding an arm-wrestling and spinach-risotto evening at the Cock and Pullet in Poplar and we 'd very much like you to do a twenty-five minute cabaret and cut the first slice of a twelve-metre onion quiche , baked by MOLES , you know , Mothers of Optometrists Lesbians , Esperantists and Social Security Clerks . ’ |
| 3 | I watched them decide on the wrong place and paint the first mark carefully round a sapling 's trunk . |
| 4 | Copy out these six numbers and find the next six that can not be made up by multiplication . |
| 5 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 6 | And always it gave time to fit the second shaft and loose the second volley , and redouble the boiling turmoil that was held at a distance by nothing more deadly — but there was nothing more deadly ! — than cloth-yard shafts of wood and steel flighted with a handful of feathers . |
| 7 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |
| 8 | Attach six around the roof at equal intervals and place the seventh in the centre at the top . |
| 9 | When a certain number of choices have been logged , the computer will wipe the screen clean , " breed " from the preferred biomorph and display the next generation of mutant progeny . |
| 10 | What do you do — put your ideas to one side and spend the next few months feeling deflated ; or do you take out a Midland Personal Loan now and enjoy the benefits of your purchase , paying the money back in easy stages ? |
| 11 | I turn over Summerchild 's elegant minute and uncover the next document on the file . |
| 12 | They emanate from a time about 300,000 years after the Big Bang and show the first signs of fluctuations in the density of matter in space . |
| 13 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 14 | Proceed to the roundabout and turn left and follow through the village past the Red Lion and take the next right into Webbs Close . |
| 15 | Enter the one-way system and take the third right into Catherine Street , Percy Street being your second left turning . |
| 16 | Go down the two ladders and enter the second door , walk down the steps and onto the stage , then it 's under the spotlight to perform all those great songs the Blues Brothers are famous for . |
| 17 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
| 18 | She let Herbert know , and he cabled her to cancel all other arrangements and catch the next ship back . |
| 19 | For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth . |
| 20 | Lawrence insisted that the Ayresome Park outfit could still catch second-placed Leicester and snatch the second automatic promotion spot . |