Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 2 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 3 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 4 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 5 | This discussion has led us into the third and perhaps most important question : since the assumptions will generally be untrue , how robust are the results to minor modifications of the assumptions of the model ? |
| 6 | The second player then breathes in and tries to take it off the first until it reaches the player at the end . |
| 7 | But he pledged last night that he would still be leading the team for tomorrow 's League game at Darlington even if Flashman does sack him for the third time in a year . |
| 8 | This trap is the Devil 's second snare and is the one he sets if he fails to catch us with the first one . |
| 9 | And John 's got us onto the next one I see . |
| 10 | I was just building up my first business then , and a thing like that is a bit like riding a roller-coaster — you need all the speed you can collect on the downhill runs to take you over the next hump . |