Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] and [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I retraced my steps and climbed the second flight of stairs . |
| 2 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 3 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 4 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 5 | It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen . |
| 6 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 7 | This week Interex , Hewlett-Packard Co 's user group , will be having its annual meeting in sultry New Orleans and HP is expected to take it into its confidence and announce the first implementation of the PA-RISC 7100 chip in a new single-processor non-Unix business system dubbed the HP 3000 Series 987 . |
| 8 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 9 | Down the third row of stones he tried in the garden of remembrance , he found the spot where Heather had raised the camera to her eye and captured the second image in the sequence he was seeking to follow . |
| 10 | His ‘ Wares had left their billets and accomplished the first part of the plan , leaving some of their number behind to allay suspicions . |
| 11 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 12 | The judge retires for the night to consider his sentence and returns the next day to jail Leonard McLean for eighteen months . |
| 13 | His foremost maxim — of never admitting defeat , of sticking to your guns through thick and thin — came to his aid and offered the first shreds of comfort since the unpleasantness of the night before . |
| 14 | The millionaire property developer looked poised to cut his losses and quit the Second Division club after the failure of his proposed £13m rescue package last week . |
| 15 | He looked up , removed his reading glasses , then got to his feet and indicated the second sofa . |
| 16 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 17 | ’ Mathers killed his cigarette and started the second half of the Danish . |
| 18 | The bowler adjusted his line and dropped the next one on leg stump , on the half-volley . |
| 19 | OK , on paper it all sounds like nausea-inducing stuff , the kind of thing that would cause any self-respecting Popkid to pack up his T-shirts and join the next peace convoy out of town . |
| 20 | He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah . |
| 21 | Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around . |
| 22 | But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes . |
| 23 | The drunk lifted his bottle and shook the last few drops into his throat . |
| 24 | The Archdeacon realised he had been carried away , cleared his throat and gulped the last of the sherry . |
| 25 | We betrayed the Arabs over the Balfa declaration , we betrayed them after they cleared Africa and the Middle East under Lawrence , we betrayed them in the last war when they backed our rear and allowed the ninth army , and I was there , to join the eighth army and get out , and directly the last war was over , we betrayed them again — there 's a complete betrayal of the Arabs in the Middle East . |