Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I was out with my first daughter at quarter to eight in the morning to catch the bus to take her to adopted aunty |
| 2 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 3 | You 'll start getting back now , now you 're back to your last four pence when it comes down you start getting back do n't you ? |
| 4 | $3 You 're down to your last two imodium . |
| 5 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 6 | We 're down to our last tumbler … |
| 7 | Coffee and a stroll up to the nearest AVIS and we were off to our next destination . |
| 8 | Soon we were down to our last lumps of coal . |
| 9 | Like a coolie in the wrong continent , he 's on to his first wage of the day . |
| 10 | He 's through to his first World Longtrack final … where he 'll be lining up against the best speedway and grasstrack riders . |
| 11 | Enver says he 's down to his last kilo of flour , otherwise his cupboard 's empty . |
| 12 | Soon it was on to our second garden of the day ; Hodges Barn at Shipton Moyne . |
| 13 | He contemplated a few drags until he realized he was down to his last three matches , and reluctantly put the cigarette back in his pocket . |
| 14 | When he looked for his money , he found that he was down to his last few shillings . |
| 15 | His wealth is a matter of awestruck tabloid speculation ; his parsimony a thing of show-business legend : " Andrew was almost broke when he was down to his last £3 million , " one friend remembers . |