Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must ask you to stand the first £100 of any consequential loss . |
| 2 | We must ask you to stand the first £100 of any consequential loss . |
| 3 | The Tour has begun , and by evening we 'll know who wears the first maillot jaune . |
| 4 | ‘ And I 'll let you pull the next bad tooth , ’ he said and stood up , reached out for her . |
| 5 | But if he 'll get it done , he 'll get it done the next it 's one less thing . |
| 6 | It could mean him missing the next match as a result . |
| 7 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 8 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 9 | To imagine what it would have been like a hundred years ago , when men were swinging over the cliffs on ropes made of horsehair , and climbing the soaring pinnacles of Stac Lee and Stac an Armin to harvest the gugas , the young gannets which would ensure they survived the next winter . |
| 10 | Then , on 31 December , he rang back in desperation at the slow progress on the house , and told Sybille they would like her to start the next day . |
| 11 | Victor Lewis-Smith killed it , in one of his Time Out columns , with a heartfelt appeal for a gadget which would enable us to break the last tiny piece of poppadam into two equal pieces . |
| 12 | But that amendment will do nothing to change the first part of the Clause ... |
| 13 | An equivalent medical prognosis would be pessimistic to say the least , and it is time now to explore alternatives which will allow us to approach the 21st Century with confidence instead of indecision and fear . |
| 14 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
| 15 | May I suggest if the thing is worn out it will help us to jump the last hurdle . |
| 16 | One day America may find itself facing the last generation of its own weapons , which it had sold to its enemy in friendlier times . |
| 17 | I can have them fried the next day . |