Example sentences of "[conj] they [be] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
2 | They fail to appreciate that all elderly people are constantly aware that they are approaching the last great event in their lives : their own death . |
3 | The FMLN motto is : " land is collective property , it belongs to everyone and is for everyone " ; and they are undertaking the first steps towards a genuine agrarian reform . |
4 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
5 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
6 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
7 | erm people do look for protection when they 're when they 're buying the second purchase of their lives in most cases . |
8 | but they did n't when they 're having the next one |
9 | No , well , he , you know , just at the end when they 're giving the last news just before nine o'clock |
10 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |