Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the [noun] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , it 's perfectly possible that he did discover Nicola was having an affair a couple of weeks ago but only threw out the photos last night . |
| 2 | But Dr Danie Craven , the executive president of the SARU , brushed aside the threat last night . |
| 3 | ‘ You are probably right but , honest , when I checked out the beach last month the waves were only two feet high ! ’ |
| 4 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 5 | went down the gym last night , first time in about three weeks . |
| 6 | I went up the barns last night . |
| 7 | it feels like , I went up the club last week and there , cos er , we did n't come in here and er |
| 8 | The Bishop , who only took up the post last march , was advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to take a rest from his official duties . |
| 9 | Ouseley , who took up the post last week , was Britain 's first black local authority chief executive , appointed in Lambeth three years ago . |
| 10 | We sorted out the knitting next morning . |
| 11 | Mr Chris Brasher , the race chairman , cleared up the confusion last night , saying : ‘ There was a misunderstanding . |
| 12 | In spite of many buckets of water , it gave up the struggle last summer and had to be cut down . |
| 13 | The company which carried out the job last night refused to comment . |
| 14 | If that had n't worked I 'd have tried something else , but , rather to my surprise , you snapped up the bait first time … ’ |