Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my wife manages to elbow her way past me to the book first , she 's immediately led astray by extras like ‘ free use of private beach ’ , ‘ heated swimming pool ’ or ‘ wine-tasting ’ . |
| 2 | But if these men who had split into two parties were here for some heist or scam , they were being slow about it , for they sat calmly in silence , one of them in the seat next to Jarvis , a dusty-looking , very ordinary , middle-aged man in a voyeur 's dun-coloured raincoat . |
| 3 | Now that list is provided with you on the day first day of your assignment . |
| 4 | So I said ‘ Well , there 's no need to be frightened of him , he would n't touch you ’ , but you see then somebody was talking to me on the phone last night and said the same thing ‘ We do n't come any more to say prayers as we go through the churchyard because we 're frightened ’ . |
| 5 | If at one in the morning last night Tod had had his brain switched on , he could have had his minders sort me out there and then . |
| 6 | Before we send anything off , though , we 'll post it to the list first for your comments , corrections , better jokes , & c & c . |