Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in touch several times by telephone , and I remember noticing for the first time a slight labouring for breath on his part , which was to become increasingly marked . |
| 2 | I remember thinking of the 121st Psalm as we looked longingly towards the hills — ‘ I will lift up my eyes … ’ |
| 3 | So that erm perhaps puts erm some of sexuality in a little bit of a historical context erm and um I suppose coming into the nineteenth century though , nineteenth century , particularly the second half of the nineteenth century , in large cities it was notorious for child prostitution for um a whole rate of exploitative sexual practices that underlay Victorian respectability so erm all these um peculiar kinds of things seemed to be going on . |
| 4 | Yet I keep changing , keep searching for the next challenge . |
| 5 | When you do n't know where to begin your investigation about your family , she had said , start talking to the last generation back , then the one before if there are any survivors . |
| 6 | Avoid over-spending in the first half of the year and set aside as much as you possibly can in the event of any tax demands or unexpected large financial outlays later . |
| 7 | ‘ Now we 've got two people who admit going to the second floor that afternoon : Pascoe and Hunter-Blair . |