Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quarter of non-executives believed they should have the last word on mergers ( 10% of chief executives agreed ) and a fifth ( compared with 3% of the bosses ) thought they should approve major borrowings and loans . |
| 2 | One such was the Countess of Portland , who at Carisbrook Castle ‘ declared she would fire the first cannon ’ rather than surrender . |
| 3 | I thought it would be up to seven weeks after my back operation before I was playing again , and I feared I might miss the first month of the season . ’ |
| 4 | Thought I might make the next course ‘ Patterns of Light and Shade ’ . ’ |
| 5 | But she knew she could do the next job . |
| 6 | I thought we 'd spend the next few days in Monaco , getting to know each other ! ’ he finished outrageously . |
| 7 | Mr Jaggers told me Miss Havisham wished to see me on business , so I said I would go the next day . |
| 8 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |