Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not envisage using the TA to respond immediately to outrages in Northern Ireland or to make it the first wave of our assault for the repossession of Kuwait . |
| 2 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 3 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 4 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 5 | Then one day I discovered that he was borrowing them to show off at his dinners and returning them the next morning . |
| 6 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 7 | A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him . |
| 8 | This would help to ensure that you have mastered its main ideas on this crucial topic , and give you a first taste of the strategy in practice . |
| 9 | Win the new Renault Clio We unveil a fantastic new six-part competition to win one of this year 's most exciting models , and give you the first plant posers that lead the way to £9,180-worth of gleaming new car ! |
| 10 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 11 | Fortunately the judges agreed , and awarded it the first prize . |
| 12 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 13 | But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance , and sent him a second summons to appear the following week . |
| 14 | We made the necessary arrangements with the owner and viewed it the next day . |
| 15 | Okay now er Garth Brookes my favourite country singer at the moment and er your chance to win this Elvis video okay you have to ring in we 're giving this away first you have to ring in and tell me and tell me the next word no I ca n't do that I ca n't no I ca n't do it 's too easy okay . |
| 16 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 17 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 18 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 19 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |
| 20 | Write it out in full , reflect on it overnight and polish it the next day . |
| 21 | The German magazine Die Stern had also bought rights to the letter , and published it the next day , with a lengthy translation and a headline proclaiming , ‘ Drink , Birds and Politics — Prince Confesses . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll go up and ask her the next day . |
| 23 | The–e be put with their mother into the greenhouse , but visiting them the next day found that only five chicks still had legs . |