Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , as I used to , one cracks walnuts by banging two of the things together , and keeps the uncracked winner to go forward the next round , will one inevitably finish Christmas with the hardest nut to crack in one 's hand ? |
| 2 | Mrs Doris Ledger and Mrs Jenny Metcalfe , two members of the fund raising committee , officially signalled the start of building work by wielding a hammer to knock out the first brick in a wall on Ward 42 . |
| 3 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 4 | He had no desire to take over the first place . |
| 5 | The pair are to leave their families at their Wirral homes and motor hundreds of miles in a race to bring back the first bottles of Beaujolais to Liverpool . |
| 6 | It is scientific knowledge that enables an astronomer to predict when the next eclipse of the sun will occur or a physicist to explain why the boiling-point of water is lower than normal at high altitudes . |
| 7 | Given Richardson 's concern to fill out the second volume , it may be assumed that very few of Mary Leapor 's works escaped publication . |
| 8 | COLCHESTER 'S quest to become only the second club to complete the non-League double continues today , with a 6,000-plus crowd expected at Layer Road for the Vauxhall FA Trophy semi-final clash with Macclesfield . |
| 9 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 10 | It is however possible for one of their number to come back the next day and give the decision , the findings of fact and the reasons of the court , considered at rather more leisure than sometimes time will permit . |
| 11 | ‘ We wo n't be in a hurry to get away the next time , will we ? |
| 12 | I hope Aldus manage to find a way to speed up the next version so that we can all enjoy IntelliDraw , irrespective of class of machine . |
| 13 | Ask the customer to call back the next day , when the contents of the till will have been checked . |
| 14 | Lies applied by summons to set aside the fourth party notice served on them and succeeded in their application . |