Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recent biochemical studies demonstrate that many more inorganic elements occur in the body than those which make up the twelve tissue salts . |
| 2 | A second application which cuts out the 18 starter and retirement homes is recommended for approval . |
| 3 | She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing . |
| 4 | As she walked to the weighing room , she gulped down the three pills . |
| 5 | Gabrielle 's relationship with Baldwin blossomed and they had two children together , Sam and Harry , but later the couple parted and she brought up the two boys . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's none of my business , ’ she replied , gripping the solid wood grab-rails as she went down the five steps with their non-slip treads . |
| 7 | Was Tory chairman who cocked up the 1989 Euro-elections . |
| 8 | And who could ever forget the row you kicked up the one year you were n't chosen to play Mary in the school nativity play ? ’ |
| 9 | She picked up the two copies reluctantly , as though with tongs , and looked back across the desk at him defiantly . |
| 10 | ‘ We hope over the five years to make a significant impact into solving the area 's many problems , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 11 | Next , we stack up the eight sets of five columns ( period/output/ res price/ σ/k); on top of each other to form a data matrix five columns wide and 64 rows long . |
| 12 | as in this case we go down the three column , the three is a in the numerator N one , right , till we reach seventeen , right , and now test to see if it 's three point two right , so if we |
| 13 | And I think the way we did it we marked down the three shops we wanted to do and make sure you do those three shops . |
| 14 | look at this traffic coming in now I think the way we did it , we marked down the three shops we wanted to do |
| 15 | Mr Rabin said he favoured allowing some deportees to join the Palestinian delegation , but he ruled out the two deportees on the reported Egyptian list because they were PLO officials . |
| 16 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 17 | Yanto had told her to give the small salmon to Sid , providing he coughed up the twenty quid , but Mary decided she could get something out of it herself , especially after that uncomfortable bicycle ride . |
| 18 | He picked up the two chairs and placed one on each side of the fireplace . |
| 19 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 20 | He picked up the two grips and the empty suitcase Tom Rooney had given then to lend credence to their story . |
| 21 | And little , twinkly Claus Korth , captain of U.93 with a crew of forty-four , described poetically how he picked up the forty-nine survivors of a Bismarck supply ship , the Belchen , and brought his heavily overloaded boat back to France . |
| 22 | ( a not unusual event ) he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber , followed by a very out-of-breath Orderly Officer . |