Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun prp] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But I told Una the next morning when all of you left the house .
2 I gave Zuckerman a first draft of the book in 1984 .
3 Gentleman that I am , I offer Steve the first pitch .
4 That 's what I said Paul the first time
5 Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said .
6 She cut Nick a fourth slice of pie and said , ‘ What a boy !
7 Mr Bergg said : ‘ When you approach Darlington the first thing you see are two posters from Conservative and Labour criticising each other that sums up their campaigns . ’
8 The woman used a spare key to open the back door , retrieved the telephone and called the police who arrested Smith the next day .
9 So no voter who gave Craig a second preference could be sure that it would actually be registered , for his paper could be one of the 3,813 — 1,476 = 2,337 that were not picked out for transfer .
10 She gave Nick a last hug and tipped him off her lap .
11 Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you .
12 They embraced Rose a second time and everybody shook hands .
13 As soon as he realised his mistake he tried to go into reverse , but once America sent troops to Saudi Arabia the dictator was trapped : only then did he make Kuwait the 19th province and drop all talk of withdrawing .
14 Two months ' later , he gave Jessica a second gift .
15 In a Christian society one can not avoid the memory of the cock that crowed to Simon Peter just as he denied Christ the third time .
16 At the time , Anselm seems not to have been aware of the importance of the words which he heard , for he left Rome the next day without further discussion and returned to Lyons .
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