Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Made me laugh last night , he said erm I , I , I always do a load of spuds he said even if it 's |
| 2 | Suppose it 's a bit , I should think I think last night she was absolutely fed up Pam was ! |
| 3 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |
| 4 | Now what I want to do is I want them to respond first . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 6 | Supposed to have let me know last night again . |
| 7 | Yes , he let me go first at every fence ’ |
| 8 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 9 | Do n't know I won third prize on the draw and I |
| 10 | So that 's variance of reproductive er success and I mentioned I think last week , I anyway , the most extreme examples of this which is elephant seals where in once again a similar population to this , a closely studied population in California , five percent of the males were found to account for ninety five percent of the offspring in one season . |
| 11 | STUNG by the jeers and booing which greeted last year 's avant garde production of The Gondoliers , the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company says it has toned down the designs for its new version of The Mikado — despite the presence of a Lord High Executioner in flourescent pink leggings and yellow platform shoes , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 12 | The account in fact came from John Varnom , who was delighted to find himself placed next to Bell at a dinner party , and spent the entire evening commuting between the table and the lavatory , furiously jotting down the overheard anecdotes . |
| 13 | He went to a local pub in the mining village where he was staying to drown his sorrows and found himself sitting next to a stranger who remarked on his dejected demeanour . |
| 14 | An hour later Dexter found himself sitting next to Blanche on a settle in a pub near Scotland Yard with Detective Inspector Eddy Russell of the Drugs Squad perched on a stool on the opposite side of the Formica table . |
| 15 | Homoeopathy did not help him either but at his third visit he commented that he did not know which came first , his sinus problem or his depression . |
| 16 | I did n't know who to telephone first — my husband , to tell him the amazing news — or Sally Bulgin , editor of The Artist , to ask if she was really sure my picture was the chosen one ! |
| 17 | Oh , and maybe just a tiny piece of advice : next time you , quote , ‘ risk life and limb ’ I suggest you check first that the person does need rescuing . |
| 18 | Though I suggest you ring first . |
| 19 | Though I suggest you ring first . |
| 20 | Nowadays it 's the regular ferries that capsize ‘ D' you remember last year 's Zeebrugge catastrophe ? ’ |
| 21 | I 'll tell you what it I I want you to do first and then you can write it down . |
| 22 | Now , ’ he went on before she could reply , ‘ I suggest we eat first , then discuss matters — if there is anything to discuss — afterwards . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I suggest we review next year 's budget and make some radical changes . |
| 24 | ‘ I say we assemble first the land . |
| 25 | She arrived promptly in the Green Drawing Room for pre-lunch drinks and then found herself seated next to Prince Andrew , who was on leave from his Royal Navy flying duties . |
| 26 | Everyone murmured awkward disclaimers except Alexandra , who , seething with embarrassment , now found herself seated next to Matthew . |
| 27 | Juliet found herself squeezed next to Dr Kent , and was acutely aware of the pressure of his body , and his faint aroma of spearmint and Savlon . |
| 28 | On the plane she found herself sitting next to the Knitting correspondent of a women 's magazine who was on the same press jaunt . |
| 29 | They 'd ganged up on Kenny and afterwards he looked as if the mean streets had come up to meet him face first . |
| 30 | Has he bothered last year ? |