Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read in the papers last week benzene , the benzene is used in unleaded petrol . |
| 2 | And the girl comes to see me — has been comin' ever since I met with the accident last year . |
| 3 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 4 | I got into the seat next to him and he quickly drove off , heading out of the village and down the road towards the Orne bridges , leaving a cloud of dust following close behind , no doubt attracting the attention of the German gunners and mortars a short distance away across the fields . |
| 5 | I sank into the chair next to him and groaned . |
| 6 | ‘ I called at the surgery first , but they said it was your weekend off , ’ he explained before she could say anything . |
| 7 | ‘ I called into the office first to bring myself up to date . ’ |
| 8 | No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night |
| 9 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 10 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 11 | I went to the door last night ten minutes after Scott had told him and like , I was crying at the door , and he goes ahh , is something not wrong like , you know ? |
| 12 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 13 | I thought of this and other things that happened over seventy years ago after I went to the supermarket last Friday to do my week 's shopping . |
| 14 | Hi , I 'm not going to do a match report , even though I went to the game last night . |
| 15 | So I went to the ravey last night , right , I went down there with Bedlam yeah and I was doing a rave with Bedlam right and he came up to me and he goes so what are your musical tastes then ? |
| 16 | ‘ I spoke to the people next door at number 26 and they get mail intended for the other number 26 , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I ca n't remember what I did with the body next . |
| 18 | At cricket , as an all-rounder , I progressed to the school 1st XI . |
| 19 | With the huge shaggy Kodiak bounding around me , I plodded down the path next morning in Mrs Knelle 's son 's wading boots . |
| 20 | After they 'd gone , I sat near the front next to Nick and looked round . |
| 21 | She was n't quick enough to let go and it overbalanced her and she plunged into the water next to him . |
| 22 | So she made for the orchard first . |
| 23 | Pauline Golightly , 24 , of Vernon Gardens , Harrowgate Hill , says that since she moved into the house last October her Nissan Sunny has been vandalised four times . |
| 24 | During the curious lull that followed , in which nobody seemed to get on or off , Miss Labrooy leaned forward in her seat and said : ‘ Do you know why I decided to help you when you came to the surgery last week , Mr Barnett ? |
| 25 | She came to the dining-room first , a vast , almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles . |
| 26 | ‘ I would prefer that you looked at the model first . ’ |
| 27 | She looked at the postcard next , her brows lifting in delight . |
| 28 | She looked at the book first , and then at him . |
| 29 | She went to the bathroom next and peed loudly . |
| 30 | ‘ So you slept in the bed last night . |