Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later years he was once asked whether he , who was shy , was anguished when forced to go out visiting homes in Liverpool and to try to make the first touch with a strange family . |
| 2 | He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’ |
| 3 | He jumped out of bed , contemplated his new seaside pyjamas with renewed pleasure , and prepared to enjoy the second week of his precious holiday . |
| 4 | Hence , we do need to think about how we will deal with the situation if the Government rides roughshod over all informed opinion and ceases to fund the fifth year of full-time education . |
| 5 | As they reached the trees they heard a wild burst of cheering and turned to see the first tongues of flame licking up the walls of the cainca . |
| 6 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 7 | Misreading the clues , they head off in completely the wrong direction and manage to become the first people ever to get shipwrecked on one of the islands of Derwentwater . |
| 8 | Alistair telephoned — He then discussed the matter with Hazel and decided to take the next day off work . |
| 9 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 10 | Pricing for the two-processor EL98 begins at $340,000 , the same price as the single processor Y-MP EL , and can be expanded to eight processors ; existing Y-MP ELs can be upgraded to the new version ; Cray says that it has taken five orders for the new machines , and expects to introduce the next generation of its supercomputer family by the second half of 1994 . |
| 11 | Pricing for the two-processor EL98 begins at $340,000 , the same price as the single processor Y-MP EL , and can be expanded to eight processors ; existing Y-MP ELs can be upgraded to the new version ; Cray says that it has taken five orders for the new machines , and expects to introduce the next generation of its super computer family by the second half of 1994 . |
| 12 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 13 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 14 | I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’ |
| 15 | Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh . |
| 16 | The first letter is very probably authentic , the second probably forged and intended to reinforce the first letter . |