Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But not so much I think er with a lot of henhouses and that they were better battened down I think after the first year .
2 So I walked to the last bench what seated three pupils , I said , there it is look it 's stuck about three inch .
3 so she went into the second field
4 So we went into the first preview , in front of an audience , with plenty of confidence .
5 So we come to the second implication , which is that the student has to understand the practical aspects of the life of reason .
6 So we come to the second point .
7 On the way in we look at the first five tables — if we do n't spot anyone , if we do n't get told about anything happening , we politely disappear after 20 minutes or so . ’
8 ‘ When they came in they talked of the first team and it seemed an offer I could n't refuse ; with hindsight , I should never have gone . ’
9 Perhaps it started about the mid-fifth century .
10 So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together …
11 Right O K yeah that 's the other major erm feature is that agriculture 's share of world trade has declined and manufacturing er share of world trade has increased and I 've got some er some numbers here erm so it says before the first world war agriculture 's share of world trade was over fifty percent , today it is less than fourteen percent okay , so agriculture 's share in world trade is declining and has been declining er essentially over the the last sort of seventy years or so .
12 And so it continued over the next two years ; more and more presents , each one more costly than the last .
13 And we hit the bar as well , so it goes to the ninetieth minute does n't it , that 's what it is , a fifteen round fight goes to the last second does n't it as some boxers have found out .
14 So what happens in the last three years ?
15 So what happened during the second world war ?
16 Perhaps we should consider publishing details of the many failures in Conservative councils throughout the country , and not least in the borough in which this House is situated which , while exporting its homeless to other authorities , appears to be guilty of the illegal sale of houses that were not its to sell in the first place .
17 As you pick your way through the minefield of the remaining holes , you are gradually working your way uphill , until finally you arrive on the 18th tee .
18 Thus we arrive at the second version of the logogen model , as described by Morton ( 1978 ) ; it is depicted in Figure 9 .
19 Soon he came upon the first of the Regent 's horsemen , Douglases to a man , riding back and forward , to form a cordon cutting off the castle .
20 However , that is exactly what happened on the 7th of September this year when Christy , 65 , from Kelburne Drive , was reunited not only with his British comrades but also the Germans he bravely fought against .
21 She went steadily on , from foothold to foothold , only stopping to peel off her glove now and then and push a finger into the wet fringed mouth of a sea-anemone , but mostly she concentrated on the next step , the next handhold , with the sea on one side of her , the swell of grassy land the other .
22 Quickly she went into the next room , returning a moment later with a small linen basket .
23 Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico .
24 Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico .
25 With the other girls , it had been simple : morning , darling , a quick strip , a bit of pout , grunt and groan under the studio lights , then off they went to the next job .
26 Yesterday he smiled for the last time and said he did not wish to obstruct the work of Prime Minister Hans Modrow — who now constitutes , with a small group of associates from Dresden , the only remaining acceptable face of reform within the East German Communist Party .
27 At 7pm we crawled along the last golden beach , clocked up the 19th mile , and collapsed .
28 Up and up I go to the third floor .
29 Now I 've past the last base and you want me to just run through a minefield okay ?
30 Now I die for the last time .
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