Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her present fragile state , an inquisition , no matter how well-intentioned , would have shattered her into a million pieces . |
| 2 | In the survey , people had said which of the two factors was more important to them . |
| 3 | Has she met him in the Three Pigeons ? |
| 4 | ‘ We urgently appeal to anybody who may have seen it during the 48 hours in which it was missing to contact us . ’ |
| 5 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 6 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 7 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 8 | Miss Belle 's stature placed her between the two sisters , but whereas the other two were thin , her body was well padded and tightly laced . |
| 9 | Asked which of the three interpretations of the embargo had been employed at the meeting , he replied : ‘ Our thinking that day was fairly flexible . |
| 10 | Erm that might , might interest you to know that during the past ten years I have personally entertained something like a hundred visitors from the States who are with their families er , of course , er returned here for a look , look round . |
| 11 | I 've asked myself since a hundred times . |
| 12 | It agreed to the sale because a refusal would merely have delayed it until the six months ' residential qualification had been achieved by the co-tenant , the committee was told . |
| 13 | One five-year-old , for instance , when asked to make one pile so it was tiv , picked up one coin from it , placed it between the two piles , and announced that it was tiv . |
| 14 | Bryan Bland is a ‘ well-known bird watcher ’ ; we ( the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Leicester Group ) had borrowed him for the two days of a winter weekend . |
| 15 | I had taken her to the Three Tuns , and told the others to meet us there , on the basis that it was the second nearest pub to the scene of the demo and the nearest one to Seymour Street police station . |
| 16 | The director said ‘ Action ’ , the sound recordist said ‘ Running ’ , the assistant cameraman said ‘ One forty-five take one ’ , and I put the first question — how did he think the war would have gone if he 'd started it with the 300 U-boats he 'd asked for in 1938 ? |