Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild .
2 The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly .
3 IN A POEM called History Peter Porter piles a number of state crimes — reminiscent of those attributed to the Stasi — on top of one another in a seemingly solid pillar of evidence , only to explode it in the last line with the simple but logical detonation : ‘ Their story will not be told . ’
4 Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party .
5 Erm just to refer you to the last sentence , paragraph four three , er to assure members of the Committee that those er representation whether the erm application .
6 And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock .
7 Two women who were late for the bus at one castle were left behind to follow it to the next by taxi .
8 She appeared to have sufficient buoyancy forward to lift her over the next wave instead of burying the foredeck , something which normally prefaces a broach .
9 The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place .
10 Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time .
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