Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only use the name you are entitled to use ( ie say ‘ Mr Smith ’ not ‘ Bert ’ — even if your boss uses his first name ) . |
| 2 | And I think you might remember that my ‘ Jottings ’ have been in the paper since long before your grandmother had her first G.I. in the War . |
| 3 | WHEN my grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday at Drumlanrig Castle in the autumn of 1990 , every one of her descendants was present . |
| 4 | I was around 20 years old when my mother purchased our first car . |
| 5 | Charles , 27 , said : ‘ When my father had his first stroke , everything was tried as it was very likely he was going to die . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 7 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |