Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 2 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 3 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside the other greats . |
| 4 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 5 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 6 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 7 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 8 | Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . |
| 9 | Because that , he did mention that he says so the next thing is the home 'll have to go . |
| 10 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 11 | Then he came back the next day — I think it was the next day — and told us who 'd died . |
| 12 | CHARLES REALLY THOUGHT he was dying when he woke up the next morning . |
| 13 | And then he woke up the next morning and threw up everywhere . |
| 14 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 15 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 16 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 17 | He had erm what did he have there the last time ? |
| 18 | Then Lebensraum became available in Venice in the Sixties , when he took on the first floor of the Palazzo Malpiero Trevisani in Campo Santa Maria Formosa . |
| 19 | He took out the last reed — looked at it — was going to split it , but his horse reached back and snatched the reed from him . |
| 20 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 21 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 22 | He did better the next year in the title role of Dr Knock , acting ‘ with ease and obvious personal enjoyment ’ . |
| 23 | He had enough the last time did he ? |
| 24 | He spells out the first name and I 'm thinking Jemayl/Jemmel , uh-huh . |
| 25 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 26 | He held up the second finger . |
| 27 | He held up the third finger . |
| 28 | He held out the second fact-sheet , and Cowley glanced down as Bodie said , ‘ A ‘ K ’ registration Mercedes SL . |
| 29 | An indefatigable , largely single-handed , compiler and one who aimed essentially at making bibliographical and other information available , he published privately the first edition of his A World Bibliography of Bibliographies in 1939 ; this work , constantly enlarged , was to make his name a household word with librarians worldwide . |
| 30 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |