Example sentences of "and [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The varnish held tiny , solid pieces of silver metal which stayed on the pieces of tissue Philippa was using and scratched the next nail she treated . |
| 2 | ' … in that case at least this House must go beyond the point certified and hear and decide the second point which may have no connection at all with the first . ’ |
| 3 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 4 | At least I do n't think so , ’ I told her , but she just smiled and told me she had no further use for me that day and to call the next day which was to be a school holiday . |
| 5 | We faced the barrel of a gun and chose the last thing we would do . |
| 6 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 7 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |