Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or did they want five pounds for him ? |
| 2 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 3 | ITV also announced this week that , with the agreement of the Football League , they had taken out the Arsenal v Liverpool match from the fixtures for February 24 and it would be played at a later date , invoking a clause in their contract with the League that allows them to use three matches a season in this way . |
| 4 | They do not purport to explain fully why peripheral areas are in the condition in which they find themselves , nor do they regard one dimension ( in this case , the political ) as offering the complete explanation . |
| 5 | I 'm not qualified to judge whether the grief his mother felt on the death of his elder brother had an adverse effect on Mr Barrie 's emotional development , nor do I care one way or the other . |
| 6 | Nor did he raise one word about the history of his own great movement , about the fact that the working people of this country were urged to organise and to use their vote , through which they could change the policies under which they lived . |
| 7 | He said that they had never forgotten her ; nor had he forgot ten Slavko , with whom he used to play . |
| 8 | Well the other one that had it done four times said oh , I 'm on my own now with the little boy , so she was |
| 9 | He gave Sandison the address and asked him to do three things : check that Maidstone was all right , check that he still had his money and give him back his hat . |
| 10 | The Harpers became worried when their daughters did not return to the family home in Cheltenham and reported them missing 24 hours later . |
| 11 | He also reminded the Association that the registration procedure would take time and invited it to nominate three north country shipowners to visit the London head office of the union , inspect all books and documents relating to membership and funds in order to satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide organisation . |
| 12 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 13 | say do it once and say we want six years , put equals equals equals |
| 14 | The creepy brew was dished out to the squad in Barcelona and helped them win four gold and five silver medals . |
| 15 | It is very large and to reach it takes three days and nights . |
| 16 | Finally , on the day that I 'd promised to ring the breeder back and let him know one way or the other , a miracle happened — one of those strokes of luck that seem to come along when you least expect them to . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear . |
| 18 | " Fill your Sillabub pot half full with sider , and good store of sugar , and a little nutmeg , stir it well together , and put in as much cream by two or three spoonfuls at a time , as hard as you can , as though you milk it in ; then stir it together very softly once about , and let it stand two hours before you eat it , for the standing makes it curd . " |
| 19 | She knocked on a second door and opened it to reveal twenty children of about Flora 's age at old-fashioned desks with inkwells sunk into the top right-hand corners of the lids . |
| 20 | The FA have already fined Birmingham £50,000 and ordered them to play two matches behind closed doors , both sentences suspended until the end of next season . |
| 21 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
| 22 | Far better to catch the parent in the playground or corridor and ask them to spare five minutes when it 's convenient just to pop in to have a quiet little chat . |
| 23 | ‘ I want ye to go upstairs to yer daughter , ’ he said in a low , hard voice , ‘ and ask her to answer one question . |
| 24 | He checked his watch and knew he had three hours to wait . |
| 25 | ‘ Our new integrated room will maximise our sales efforts and enable us to offer one stop shopping to our customers , ’ said Bill McKay , Head of TCMS . |
| 26 | Then blindfold them and invite them to take four steps backwards followed by four forward before trying to blow out the candle . |
| 27 | Now what a training performance this would be if this horse could win because he 's trained by Dermott Wilde and do you remember ten days ago he sent out Vintage Crop to win the Melbourne Cup down in Australia . |
| 28 | Yes she keep , goes on and do you know three times a day that poor dog walks |
| 29 | shape and Did it have two chimneys ? |
| 30 | ( If you can only store yeses and noes it takes seven punch holes to record the number ninety-nine . ) |