Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill sums up the 1992 housing market in one word — ‘ weird ’ . |
| 2 | The Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out the 200 metre breast stroke for 14–15 years , and it was Louise who this time eclipsed Emma by five seconds . |
| 3 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 4 | Former county champion Lindsay Taylor is fifth while Steven Souter , Jevon Chan and Steven Cooper make up the eight seeds . |
| 5 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 6 | Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him . |
| 7 | And did you see Ewan Beg take off the two heads at one stroke ? |
| 8 | Jimmy has a box of 0 cricket balls , each weighing 1 kg but he found that he had to take two out of the box to make it balance with a 40kg , weight , The equation which describes this balance would be : unc If Jimmy put back the two cricket balls into the box what would happen to the balance ? |
| 9 | Detectives say small-time crook Pat Thomas carried out the 1990 raid in London for the Mafia , but the American mob killed him after he ‘ grassed . ’ |
| 10 | Vi picked up the three warrants , her mouth pursing with disapproval . |
| 11 | The sanctions are designed to force Libya to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects and to co-operate in the investigation in a similar case , the mid-air explosion of a French airliner over Africa in 1989 . |
| 12 | The International Court of Justice in The Hague yesterday rejected Col Gaddafi 's request for an injunction to prevent Britain , the United States and France from putting pressure on Libya to hand over the two suspects . |