Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pron] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 2 | At this point it is sufficient to state that the estimates are based on high quality data supplied by The Scotch Whisky Association 's nine largest companies and they provide the first published attempt to quantify the wider economic significance of this important industry . |
| 3 | You know you read the , the columns and you buy a second hand car and you buy one this week and you read the column next week |
| 4 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 5 | like you say you just get onto that right and it 's , that 's three hundred yards and you get the next one that 's two hundred yards and a hundred yards until you stop , to the junction |
| 6 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 7 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 8 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
| 9 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |