Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 2 | Given that our five-frame match is likely to last anything up to six hours at our normal rate of play , I have decided to spring a new psychological tactic on Martin : I shall eat bananas throughout the match , as top tennis players do . |
| 3 | Bosch will be able to buy them out in 1996 for 20.4 times average earnings per share in the previous three years up to a maximum of 394p . |
| 4 | I might have been able to pay you off within six months ! ’ |
| 5 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 6 | I think it is best to suck it off with one of those tiny battery-powered vacuum cleaners you can get for about a tenner these days , as I did in this case . |