Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
2 Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
3 I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be …
4 Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage .
5 And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’
6 Rain said : ‘ I found out during the last few days .
7 And er I I as I say I moved up into the next er school .
8 I just did half and half and then I built up with the second couple of days then I did twenty minutes and then by the end of the week I went twenty five minutes half an hour .
9 I should say that I , I came away from the last meeting with an enormous list of things to do , and I have n't managed to do them all , but they 'll emerge as we go through , erm , developments Perth , Perth if inter interrupt me
10 With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one .
11 He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour .
12 When I came out with the next platitude ( ‘ How are you ? ’ ) they lifted and turned towards me .
13 And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome .
14 I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me .
15 But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye .
16 I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller .
17 Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up .
18 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
19 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
20 I walked in at the first door I saw .
21 As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door .
22 Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene .
23 I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach .
24 They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain .
25 Oh I looked up about the last , the last essay I did cos it was about erm
26 Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come to only one conclusion .
27 I looked back at the first .
28 I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time .
29 I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head .
30 I feared even at the eleventh hour that it would not be possible — and I knew not when we could meet else . ’
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