Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [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 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 .
4 He said that they had never forgotten her ; nor had he forgot ten Slavko , with whom he used to play .
5 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
6 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 .
7 The Harpers became worried when their daughters did not return to the family home in Cheltenham and reported them missing 24 hours later .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 The creepy brew was dished out to the squad in Barcelona and helped them win four gold and five silver medals .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 He checked his watch and knew he had three hours to wait .
14 shape and Did it have two chimneys ?
15 Dotty was thirty-nine , but had he added twenty years onto her age he knew it would n't have deterred Harbour .
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