Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb -s] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid .
2 In the last two stanzas , Blake is explaining the marks of woe that he sees in the first stanza — but what extraordinary connections to make !
3 The officer at Leicester 's not available at the moment , so he hopes by the next meeting erm if Leeds have an opportunity to see that letter , and perhaps have a short report on what this council does with respect to Nestle/1 and also what other councils have done .
4 the bell to get the bus to stop and he goes to the next flaming stop !
5 After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads .
6 If he improves over the next 3–4 years and lasts until he 's 30 , then you will have to put him up alongside the other 2 .
7 If the donor dies more than seven years after the gift , there 's no duty at all payable If he dies in the seventh year the whole duty is reduced by 60 per cent , if in the sixth by 30 per cent , and in the fifth 15 per cent . ’
8 It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity .
9 When he comes to the first dramatic event he appears to be reaching towards a dramatic present here comes but is constrained by the prevailing past tense of the narration .
10 And when he gets it on , the , the C and D truck it sets off , what happens when he stops at the first set of traffic lights ? or turns out ?
11 At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter
12 ‘ We 're gon na play some DEVIL SATAN WOCK AND WOLL MUSIC ! ! ! ’ announces Fabulous ' strangely Mr Bean-like guitarist to the severe bemusement of a hall full of Farm fans , as he launches into the first of two bloody many dismal three-chord punk thrashes , and on struts Simon Dudfield , oozing ugliness from every pore .
13 The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close .
14 Tillyard engages with the mid-twentieth century as he does with the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries .
15 Furthermore he has a particular site in mind , as he reveals in the next round of the negotiations .
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