Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | I could see this condition coming upon me relentlessly from the first moment Dana cast his eyes upon me : he was another who knew how to use the power of the evil eye , almost casually , to enchant total strangers . |
| 3 | I think both he and Weatherall are outstanding prospects , but need an ‘ old head ’ to bring them on over the next couple of years ( pity about O'Leary ) . |
| 4 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
| 5 | In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations . |
| 6 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 7 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 8 | You did n't turn them on until the second part . |
| 9 | yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group |
| 10 | Another chapter today would see me nicely into the second half of my story , and this evening I would talk to Crispin and get things sorted out with him . |
| 11 | One , two , three , four five six , seven , eight no one , two three , four there 's nine so we 'll probably have to take some stools in , but I wo n't take them in till the last minute . |
| 12 | ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked . |
| 13 | No , it 's the ones who bring them in , who brought them in in the first place — ’ |
| 14 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 15 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 16 | With more complex circuits , having to remove the transfers after taking all that time to lay them down in the first place , is wasteful . |
| 17 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 18 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 19 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 20 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 21 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 22 | Spoken , or rather screamed , by yours truly in the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist , it was dynamite . |
| 23 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to regard me not as the last Viceroy winding up the British Raj ’ , he told Nehru , ‘ but as the first to lead the way to the new India . ’ |
| 25 | He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases . |
| 26 | He should then carry you on with the next question . |
| 27 | ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested . |
| 28 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 29 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 30 | And , by zinc galvanizing all the bare metal , Audi is able to offer a 10 year guarantee against rusting , which should see you nicely into the next millennium . |