Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |
| 2 | I began to move more freely around the island again , and built myself a third house . |
| 3 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 4 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 5 | A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him . |
| 6 | This would help to ensure that you have mastered its main ideas on this crucial topic , and give you a first taste of the strategy in practice . |
| 7 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 8 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 9 | But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance , and sent him a second summons to appear the following week . |
| 10 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 11 | His hand hovered over the book as though to give it a second chance . |
| 12 | The Senate ( upper house ) rejected the key elements of the bill when giving it a first reading on March 22 , 1991 , and conciliation between the two houses failed to resolve the issue four days later . |