Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every other station has , you even have advertising on radio , why ca n't you have it now on B B C One and Two and cut down the eighty pounds ? |
| 2 | You 'd do something more likely to reap a financial return , such as throw it off the top of Blackpool Tower in a Force Nine gale and run down the 763 steps to see if you could catch any of it before it blew away . |
| 3 | Gloria closed the sliding door , pulled down the blinds , and switched off the six lamps which Dot had just put on . |
| 4 | When Sandra was nearly fourteen her mother had suddenly grabbed hold of her by the knobbly clothes-prop in the sloping garden and delivered up the one piece of advice that had been fermenting in that already greying head for decades . |
| 5 | He went to his window , and looked down the five storeys into the courtyard . |
| 6 | She reached the house and went up the three flights . |
| 7 | He turned and went down the four steps that led into the long , dark , low-ceilinged dining room , returning a moment later with a book from the shelves . |
| 8 | ‘ Is that also the reason you will assume Fergus 's mantle and go into the Far Future to bind the Apocalypse and turn back the Four Horsemen ? ’ |
| 9 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
| 10 | ‘ The delivery room was up two flights of stairs , so Tony picked me up and ran up the two flights with me . |
| 11 | The 37-year-old is quick to thank the other Football League refs in the region who have given advice and help along the 13 year path from the grass roots . |
| 12 | His players carried out the plan to the letter and wrapped up the three points as a perfect birthday gift . |
| 13 | Meg pushed past him and jumped down the four steps in her haste . |
| 14 | She opened the double rear doors and pointed out the two forty-five-gallon tanks which were her emergency supply if an airport closed down on her . |