Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to think about it and will probably make my mind up in the next day or two . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I 've got my pants on in the second scene , I think they 've sent me the wrong script , ’ he says . |
| 3 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
| 4 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 5 | Christie … of course and two more Redgrave and Pinsent the Olympic rowers who this week started their build up for the next games … yes … in four years time … they 're our special guests in this week 's Friday Feature |
| 6 | Villa had their tails up in the second half and Atkinson and Staunton both had chances to increase their lead . |
| 7 | These associations can often trace their origins back to the nineteenth century when they were , under different names , primarily concerned with giving relief in cash and kind to families in distress . |
| 8 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the second capacitor passes its charge on to the third capacitor . |
| 10 | Loyal to their oath down to the last breath , the 6th Army , under the exemplary leadership of General Field Marshal Paulus , succumbed to the superior force of the enemy and the unfavourable conditions . |
| 11 | If we translate the colloquial meaning of ‘ nice guy ’ into its Darwinian equivalent , a nice guy is an individual that assists other members of its species , at its own expense , to pass their genes on to the next generation . |
| 12 | The older colleges , which traced their history back to the eighteenth century 's ‘ dissenting academies ’ had not kept the high standing they had then enjoyed . |
| 13 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 14 | But Tottenham 's problems pale by comparison with those of last night 's opponents ; should Coventry beat Sheffield Wednesday at home tonight and win or draw here on Saturday , then County will be on their way back to the Second Division . |
| 15 | By continuing on the diet plan the indiscretion will work its way out over the next day or two . |
| 16 | By measuring the scattering of X-rays by hirudin , when linked to a key blood coagulation factor called thrombin , his team deduced its structure down to the last atom . |
| 17 | The corps , which traces its roots back to the 15th century , is to disappear , after 75 years in its present form , at the beginning of next month . |
| 18 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 19 | Jazz tossed his hair back for the first time to take in what was going on . |
| 20 | DEAN Bullock was the hero for Three Rivers after a sudden death victory pushed his club through to the third round of the Thornton Cup . |
| 21 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 22 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 23 | Lord Redcliffe-Maud considered that Senior was the only one of the eleven commissioners who had made his mind up before the first meeting of the Royal Commission ( Wood 1976:8 ) . |
| 24 | Ampofo was being outboxed , but then amazingly put his opponent down in the third and fifth rounds . |
| 25 | We all enjoy a British victory and Nick did a great job in pulling his game back in the last four holes but for me the victory was soured by the silly and jingoistic utterances of the Radio 5 team . |
| 26 | The family historian 's initial task of tracing his ancestors back through the nineteenth century is relatively straightforward , thanks to the information provided by civil registration certificates and census returns and by standardized Church of England registers . |
| 27 | He puffed his way up to the first floor and , finding the outer door open , knocked on the inner one . |
| 28 | Sammy by now had wormed his way up to the third rung where he was floundering and panting breathlessly . |
| 29 | Now he is out of action again after fighting his way back into the first team . |
| 30 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |