Example sentences of "two [noun] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last two computers also need an interface unit which is supplied in the package . |
| 2 | The two brothers later had an argument about it over their lunch . |
| 3 | ‘ Two wrongs never made a right . ’ |
| 4 | The route had been reopened two weeks previously following an attack in January when two people were killed . |
| 5 | The vote on Hinchliffe 's Bill two weeks ago produced a vote of 188 for the Bill and only one against . |
| 6 | On a walking holiday in the Spanish mountains , Jeremy had been staying at the Elola climbers ' refuge and had left there two weeks before to spend a day taking photographs . |
| 7 | Alexander , being a very determined man , went the next two weeks hardly uttering a word . |
| 8 | A small firm on the brink of disaster two years ago cocking a snook at the recession by doubling its workforce and turning out garden tractors in the face of high demand … today saw number 5,000 roll off the line . |
| 9 | Mr Kinnock again declined to give his personal view about electoral reform lest the debate he initiated within the party two years ago became a test of loyalty to his leadership . |
| 10 | Two years ago completed a manuscript about his family 's life during this period which he hopes will someday be published . |
| 11 | He exhibited a number of specimens to the Royal Society in 1664 , and two years later published an account of another successful experiment in preserving ‘ Birds taken out of the Egge ’ , so as to observe ‘ the Process of Nature in the Formation of a Chick ’ . |
| 12 | He was appointed surgeon dentist to the Royal Public dispensary ( 1857 ) , but resigned two years later to establish an institution devoted to dental treatment , the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary , which opened in 1860 . |
| 13 | ‘ I wrote a letter two days ago suggesting a meeting and this morning I got back a curt note suggesting a time . |
| 14 | Garvey now need to beat Banbridge on March 25 , and then hope Bann can beat Holywood two days later to force a title play-off . |
| 15 | People came and went , but almost nobody stayed to eat ; Lucy had the dining area beside the counter more or less to herself , apart from a business type in an Aquascutum raincoat who sat two tables away reading a caravan magazine . |
| 16 | De Lorenzi started her round with birdies at the first two holes then dropped a shot at the short third hole to stand at eight under . |
| 17 | No two cobblers ever cut a pattern in the same way ; individualism is a matter of pride in traditional cobbling . |
| 18 | If you want to join two bags together to make a double , make sure the zips are compatible . |
| 19 | The two couples frequently had an evening together playing cards , but when Joan broached the subject to her husband , she was surprised at his response . |
| 20 | On Dec. 1 the two sides finally reached an agreement , to be monitored internationally , confining Zimbabwean troops to corridors around two vital rail links with the Indian Ocean [ see p. 37909 ] . |
| 21 | Although similar in appearance , the two breeds actually have a number of essential differences . |
| 22 | ‘ I was down there two nights ago to have a look at the house . |
| 23 | The street is too narrow to take in the full glory of the design by Fischer von Erlach but the two doorways immediately make an impact , with their wonderful straining Hercules bent under the weight of the door entablature . |