Example sentences of "[num] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1213 when King John tactically surrendered the kingdom to Pope Innocent III and received it back as a fief held of the papacy , the English crown had owed the pope an annual tribute of a thousand marks ( £666 6/ 8d ) . |
| 2 | As soon as I saw this , I dialled 999 and took her out to the studio in the stables where I live . |
| 3 | In 1582 the first earl over-reached himself when , in a misguided attempt to gain control over the young king , he and others kidnapped James VI and carried him off to Huntingtower . |
| 4 | Jim became team captain in succession to Ian in October 1977 and led us up to Division One in 1978–79 as 2nd Division champions , then to the top of the Football League on 29 September 1979 , scoring as spectacular a goal in our 4–1 trouncing of Ipswich Town as any football follower could ever hope to witness . |
| 5 | She liked to watch the early evening news on BBC I and see it through to the end so that she could get the weather forecast . |
| 6 | Wriggle your toes , then alternately curl them up tight for a count of five and stretch them out to another five count . |
| 7 | So you 'd like to take one and pass it on to me Margaret . |
| 8 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 9 | Are you gon na take the figure starting from one twenty and take it up from there and down from there ? |
| 10 | Cut the slice in four and put it on to four hot plates . |
| 11 | Jenkins picked up another four and handed them out to the other customers sitting at the counter . |