Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But when Alice was taken in to see her on the second day , she was sitting up in a swansdown wrap , surrounded by flowers .
2 The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time .
3 One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild .
4 The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly .
5 IN A POEM called History Peter Porter piles a number of state crimes — reminiscent of those attributed to the Stasi — on top of one another in a seemingly solid pillar of evidence , only to explode it in the last line with the simple but logical detonation : ‘ Their story will not be told . ’
6 Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party .
7 And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) !
8 the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place .
9 ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place .
10 Erm just to refer you to the last sentence , paragraph four three , er to assure members of the Committee that those er representation whether the erm application .
11 And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock .
12 Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost
13 Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time .
14 We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place .
15 Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) .
16 Two women who were late for the bus at one castle were left behind to follow it to the next by taxi .
17 Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’
18 She appeared to have sufficient buoyancy forward to lift her over the next wave instead of burying the foredeck , something which normally prefaces a broach .
19 The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place .
20 Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time .
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