Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother would n't allow me to go to the meeting last night — you know she despises anything Irish . " |
| 2 | Perhaps you could let me know at the meeting next Wednesday . |
| 3 | I read in the papers last week benzene , the benzene is used in unleaded petrol . |
| 4 | I mean into the bin first and then wash the dishes . |
| 5 | And the girl comes to see me — has been comin' ever since I met with the accident last year . |
| 6 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 7 | I got into the seat next to him and he quickly drove off , heading out of the village and down the road towards the Orne bridges , leaving a cloud of dust following close behind , no doubt attracting the attention of the German gunners and mortars a short distance away across the fields . |
| 8 | I sank into the chair next to him and groaned . |
| 9 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 10 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 11 | I get from the Co-op next door . |
| 12 | ‘ I called at the surgery first , but they said it was your weekend off , ’ he explained before she could say anything . |
| 13 | ‘ I called into the office first to bring myself up to date . ’ |
| 14 | No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night |
| 15 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 16 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 17 | I went to the door last night ten minutes after Scott had told him and like , I was crying at the door , and he goes ahh , is something not wrong like , you know ? |
| 18 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 19 | I thought of this and other things that happened over seventy years ago after I went to the supermarket last Friday to do my week 's shopping . |
| 20 | Hi , I 'm not going to do a match report , even though I went to the game last night . |
| 21 | So I went to the ravey last night , right , I went down there with Bedlam yeah and I was doing a rave with Bedlam right and he came up to me and he goes so what are your musical tastes then ? |
| 22 | ‘ I spoke to the people next door at number 26 and they get mail intended for the other number 26 , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I start at the Co-op next Monday , just till Christmas . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember what I did with the body next . |
| 25 | At cricket , as an all-rounder , I progressed to the school 1st XI . |
| 26 | With the huge shaggy Kodiak bounding around me , I plodded down the path next morning in Mrs Knelle 's son 's wading boots . |
| 27 | After they 'd gone , I sat near the front next to Nick and looked round . |
| 28 | It 's always best to start by chopping out the hole for the lintel which goes over the frame first . |
| 29 | The churches , slow to see that change must come , failed to take control of developments , which passed into the hands first of private enterprise , then of local authorities , under the general direction of Parliament . |
| 30 | At the w end on the N wall is a balcony with a grille which led into the palace next door . |