Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not envisage using the TA to respond immediately to outrages in Northern Ireland or to make it the first wave of our assault for the repossession of Kuwait . |
| 2 | It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning . |
| 3 | FLYWEIGHT Paul Ingle was eliminated on a 13-12 verdict by strong North Korean southpaw Chol Su Choi — despite a rally that won him the last round 9-4 . |
| 4 | When she went to bed she found it impossible to sleep , and started thinking about her ex-boyfriend and about the paperwork that awaited her the next day . |
| 5 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 6 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 7 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 8 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 9 | Win the new Renault Clio We unveil a fantastic new six-part competition to win one of this year 's most exciting models , and give you the first plant posers that lead the way to £9,180-worth of gleaming new car ! |
| 10 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 11 | Fortunately the judges agreed , and awarded it the first prize . |
| 12 | We made the necessary arrangements with the owner and viewed it the next day . |
| 13 | Okay now er Garth Brookes my favourite country singer at the moment and er your chance to win this Elvis video okay you have to ring in we 're giving this away first you have to ring in and tell me and tell me the next word no I ca n't do that I ca n't no I ca n't do it 's too easy okay . |
| 14 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 15 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 16 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |
| 17 | Write it out in full , reflect on it overnight and polish it the next day . |
| 18 | The German magazine Die Stern had also bought rights to the letter , and published it the next day , with a lengthy translation and a headline proclaiming , ‘ Drink , Birds and Politics — Prince Confesses . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll go up and ask her the next day . |
| 20 | The–e be put with their mother into the greenhouse , but visiting them the next day found that only five chicks still had legs . |