Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | very clear , you 've got two officers with shotguns , do you mean that it 's just he gave his shotgun to him and vice versa or you nominated two different shotguns ? |
| 2 | and I remember one particular February , it will always stand out in my mind because er , it 's a fairly long walk done to the factory from , from here and every day after the midday meal , when I set out to walk down there as quick as I could it had been cloudy since , it was raining , every day without fail I used to get to work soaked , first |
| 3 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 4 | ‘ She said they 'd been helping her to write songs , and sure enough I tried one of them — low string down to D , and top string right down to C — and I got three new songs straight away : Galileo , Virginia Woolf and a ballad that did n't make it onto the record . |
| 5 | My Lords , with that er oh , and I 've one more thing to say which is that there there are is a series of amendments in the next group , twenty-three to five and twenty-eight to thirty which are in f in fact consequential on some of the amendments in th in this earlier group and er if er er some of these amendments were to be carried , er then I think the Committee would have to consider whether to er also to agree er to amendments in the in in the following group of amendments . |
| 6 | He finished 20 minutes behind me and I had two torn hamstrings . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 8 | Well Steve 's mum had fifty pounds worth off of Steve' aunty look , so erm I did about hundred and twenty five and I had twenty five pound back . |
| 9 | And I had three more telephone enquiries e and they were by telephone , they 're in a hurry , you know , can you do it until the fifteenth of May , or can you do it until February something . |
| 10 | I took some yesterday , I was and I took some last night before I went to bed and I took two this morning . |
| 11 | Depressed people can of course make hasty and unwise decisions , and I made one such decision when , during my second term at Berkeley , I decided to give up my London flat . |
| 12 | My unwanted guest and I spent five long days and evenings together , with the wind and rain beating on the windows . |
| 13 | ‘ … my harness slipper and I dropped ten thousand feet hanging by one leg . |
| 14 | and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning |
| 15 | Behind him was a black woman and I believe two small children . |
| 16 | And er w when I came over before and we did Hull you know Warwickshire and I did twelve hundred miles in ten days . |
| 17 | Thousands of feet of shales and mudstones represent one small part ( and I suspect one small part of that small part ) of the jurassic . |
| 18 | My husband and I own two Rough Collies — Goldie , who is nearly ten and a rescued Collie , Chloe Joe . |
| 19 | one hundred and nine the English chamber barrel organ now showing , thank you and I have eight hundred pounds offered for this fifty , nine hundred and fifty nine hundred and fifty pounds one thousand one hundred one thousand two hundred on my right now at one thousand two hundred pounds , any more ? |
| 20 | Lot a hundred and thirty two there it is now , a snuff box with micro-mosaic lid , Lot one three two and I have eight hundred pounds offered for this one and fifty , nine hundred and fifty , one thousand , one hundred , two hundred , three hundred , four hundred , one thousand five hundred , six hundred one thousand six hundred pounds at the back in the aisle , any more ? |
| 21 | and I have one one pigeon and a dog . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , on this VS which they probably have n't heard of and would n't bother to solo , Denis and I have one more pitch to climb . |
| 23 | Christmas trees , and I have two small children that to try to sustain Christmas for three or four days is very difficult , to do it for three months is impossible ! |
| 24 | And Lot forty five thank you , Lot forty five is that 's Lot forty five an Edison Home phonograph Lot forty five , an Edison Home phonograph with H reproducer and large brass horn and I have two hundred pounds offered for it , two hundred pounds , any more at two hundred ? |
| 25 | Lot seventy Edison Bell Standard , there is no horn included with this Lot , please note , Lot seventy and I have two hundred pounds offered and twenty , two forty , sixty , two eighty three hundred and twenty , three fifty , three eighty , four hundred , four hundred pounds against you then at the back now , any more at four hundred , it 's with me , four twenty , four fifty , four eighty on my left seated at four eighty any more now at four hundred and eighty pounds ? |
| 26 | Lot a hundred and twenty eight is the snuff box now showing , thank you , Lot one two eight and I have six hundred pounds offered , fifty , seven hundred and fifty , eight hundred eight hundred pounds , any more ? |
| 27 | Lot one hundred and fourteen now showing another one by Bruguier , Lot one hundred and fourteen and I have four thousand pounds offered to start with , four thousand two hundred , five hundred four thousand eight hundred , five thousand at five thousand pounds , any more at five thousand ? |
| 28 | And Lot five there 's Lot five , the er V two Lot five and I have four hundred pounds offered for this one four hundred pounds and twenty four fifty , four eighty at four hundred and eighty pounds , any more at four eighty ? |
| 29 | Lot eighty two an Edison Amberola seventy five now on the screen , Lot eighty two and I have three hundred pounds offered for this , any more ? |
| 30 | Lot one hundred and ten barrel organ showing at the back screen now , Lot one hundred and ten and I have three hundred pounds offered , twenty , three fifty , three eighty three hundred and eighty pounds , any more ? |