Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two prisoners escaped over the wall of Oxford prison last night by tying clothes together . |
| 2 | They could not reach agreement and so in the end two definitions emerged in the document : 1 . |
| 3 | Etched the Bridge House from the Heck — Mr. Harden & two clergymen came into the beck to see me — they preached & read prayers on the Sunday . ’ |
| 4 | Mr. Harden and two clergymen came into the beck to see me — they preached and read prayers on the Sunday ’ . |
| 5 | It exploded in mid-air , and the two riders somersaulted to the sand . |
| 6 | Two headmasters complained about the waiting lists at the Family and Child Therapy Unit at Ellesmere Port . |
| 7 | TWO illusions lay at the heart of Iran-contra . |
| 8 | My two guards stood in the doorway . |
| 9 | Gabriel woke to see their two heads silhouetted against the bars in the door . |
| 10 | One or two anxieties came with the memories . |
| 11 | Two cars went down the street on the opposite side ; on Quinn 's side a motor-cyclist was approaching . |
| 12 | Two feluccas glided over the surface of the water like birds . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , General George Campbell , with a force of some 1,500 men had crossed the north ford , from North Uist to Benbecula ; two warships lay off the coast and the commander , Captain Scott , added a further 700 men to the hunting party . |
| 14 | The link between the two companies resulted in the creation of the world 's largest bus and truck manufacturer , overtaking Daimler Benz of West Germany . |
| 15 | ‘ Two sharks got into the perspex tunnel and believe me the startled look we got from Sean was not anything to do with his acting ability , ’ said Terence . |
| 16 | I linked both books to the theme of ‘ Outsiders ’ , not because of the title but because I felt both books told the story of two lives lived on the edge of society . |
| 17 | The packing had been done in the basement to avoid break ages , and the two crates stood at the foot of the stairs . |
| 18 | Mark Prudhoe played extremely well and saved one certain goal , while one or two crosses went across the face of goal without anybody getting a touch . ’ |
| 19 | The Scots ' other two tries came from the St Andrews wing , David Hall , both scores resulting from crisp handling in the midfield , where Peter Flockhart at inside centre was one of the Scots ' big successes . |
| 20 | Two dogs died on the way . |
| 21 | Sefton warden Sue MacDonald with Pepsy and Tanya two dogs neutered in the borough 's campaign against unwanted pups Picture : RICHARD WILLIAMS |
| 22 | This is the first of two volumes devoted to the library 's Netherlandish drawings ; the second will deal with Dutch drawings of the seventeenth , eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 23 | Two medics arrived on the scene carrying a wounded Commando on a stretcher . |
| 24 | A quick consultation between these two agencies resulted in the top being cut off the car so that the injured man could be lifted free . |
| 25 | With so low a response rate , two questions arose concerning the representativeness of the data : whether any particular subgroup of teachers , for example , deputy heads , heads of departments , assistant teachers , were over-represented ; and whether the non-respondents as a subgroup held views about SSE which systematically differed from those of the respondents . |
| 26 | Amid a widespread mood of national reconciliation , sappers of the two armies collaborated throughout the month to neutralize some of the thousands of landmines concealed in wide areas of the country , and began recovering weapons caches and disarming civilians . |
| 27 | Two androids stood at the door , pointing their weapons in his direction . |
| 28 | The two hedgehogs stood on the bank and watched as the vole paddled away . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , he did not deny that so far as the kingdom of England was concerned , the decision between the two rivals lay with the king . |
| 30 | Only two passengers got into the car , a man and a bear . |