Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billingsley rephrased his insolent question as though I had not understood the first version . |
| 2 | I had not expected the twentieth century to show such a steep decline both in numbers and in quality , though I was less surprised to see the cultural importance of the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | What , I 've already done the second page |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just missed the last bus . |
| 5 | But , from Durham , Dick Wilkinson writes : ‘ I 've just spent the last half-hour with my arm down the toilet trying to unblock it . |
| 6 | I 've just used the last now which has been good . |
| 7 | I have already instanced the first chapter of Simenon 's Maigret 's Pickpocket , which consists of no more than a description of Maigret riding to work on a bus , as being as gripping as any chase sequence , from the absolute accuracy of the writing and its complete economy . |
| 8 | Well I have n't done the third one . |
| 9 | I have n't enjoyed the last two years down there , but erm as I say , let's stick our necks out and say ‘ United are going to win down at the County ground ’ . |
| 10 | There are fourteen references to defence in the index of the old Government Commission files in Registry , and I have now wasted the first hour and a half of my working day checking through them all . |
| 11 | No , she has n't drunk the first one yet ! |
| 12 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 13 | Oh you 'd better do the last one Doctor |
| 14 | ‘ Of course , if you 've now decided that you are n't prepared to look after Emma and Sophie , if you do n't care about their future welfare or happiness , then I suggest you 'd better catch the next plane back to England . ’ |
| 15 | I guess it 's probably just that he glide up to the second part of the diphthong , has been displaced so you 've just got the first part of it left , |
| 16 | ‘ You 've not heard the last of this , ’ Swire Sugden threatened as he stormed out of the church hall . |
| 17 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |
| 18 | On second thoughts , she wished she had not uttered the last sentence . |
| 19 | Hence the dress and hat which sent the photographers into ecstasy in Melbourne and generally created far more attention and comment than the match in which she had successfully defeated the first of her 1991 Grand Slam titles . |
| 20 | She remain uncertain still what was to be done with it , though she consoled herself with the thought that in entering the court of Le Grand Jeu and submitting to its verdict , she had already taken the first tentative steps . |
| 21 | Her last comment had sounded flippant , a little bitter , as if she begrudged the fact that he could afford all this , when in reality she had just said the first thing that had come into her head because he was close and because she had felt his love of the land and in doing so had glimpsed a part of him that was unknown , disturbing to her . |
| 22 | She had just stuck the first stamp on the envelope when a friendly voice behind her said : ‘ Can you manage all right , missy , or do you want a lift up ? ’ |
| 23 | She had just read the last paragraph when the kitchen door opened and Matey entered , far earlier than she normally did , to stare at the unlikely scene before her : Dr Neil characteristically leaning back in his wooden Windsor armchair , McAllister sitting on her stool , reading the paper , the used coffee-cups and the empty biscuit plate sitting between them . |
| 24 | ‘ Civil manner ? ’ asked Sarella blankly , wondering if she had actually imagined the last few overheated moments . |
| 25 | If , when you left the machine , you had already knitted the first row of the cycle , when you return you 'll knit two more of the same row , making a total of three . |
| 26 | If you have already seen the first Wolfenstein get a copy of this today , if not , order Wolfenstein-3D on order code 3080 ( 2 Disks ) . |
| 27 | you have already seen the first part of that intent . |
| 28 | But you have already missed the last postal dates for some countries , including Australia and New Zealand . |
| 29 | But you have already missed the last postal dates for some countries , including Australia and New Zealand . |
| 30 | But you have already missed the last postal dates for some countries , including Australia and New Zealand . |