Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [conj] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | another two months and then the woman 's in hospital and goodness knows what and |
| 2 | In the event , John Conteh dropped down a division and Johnson took his place , proving the legitimacy of his claim by beating two contenders and then the champion to become the first black heavyweight champion of Great Britain . |
| 3 | He saw two eyes and then the cloak was thrown away from the face and he could see that it was her , blue-lipped with cold , reaching for him . |
| 4 | It is not only the Indians that divide life into two compartments but also the Buddhists . |
| 5 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 6 | I have n't cut the lawn for two days but tonight the garden smells of freshly mown grass nonetheless because next door have just done theirs . |
| 7 | Time was lost on the first two days and then the Saturday was washed out altogether , so it was Monday before Lloyd was able to complete his first Test hundred at his adopted home , in what many thought would be his last opportunity . |
| 8 | No you did n't have you did n't have a finishing hand , you did n't really have a brilliant first two hands and then the pick of the one , two , three bouncer I might I might have been persuaded to play the one , two , three bouncer and hope that that got through but to finish with an ace flush but good . |
| 9 | He gave her two seconds and then the door opened wide and he stood , large and menacing , in the moonlit room . |
| 10 | Obviously one can not re-use plants for later measurement by the other two systems and so the graphs obtained have fewer points than the earlier ones . |