Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much love to you both — and renewed thanks for including me last week . |
| 2 | Yesterday , the Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based house-builder reported first-half profits nearly doubled , from £2.5 million at £4.8 million , and the restoration of the interim dividend at 1p , after passing it last time . |
| 3 | I 've got ta light it first . |
| 4 | I had the advantage of seeing him first , eagerly scanning the carriages , and I observed that he was bronzed almost to the colour of teak . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure Meg and all the ladies are very anxious to take possession of their fine new footwear , but I shall have the privilege of seeing it first . ’ |
| 6 | Should of done it last night when it was empty then . |
| 7 | I 've been mean I 've been , I would of done it last weekend , but , I do n't , I had a load of washing and it depends |
| 8 | What he has done is to supply himself with a ridiculous experience by the telling of which he could entertain several hundred people , without having to undergo the dispiriting strain of suffering it first . |
| 9 | We 're thinking of extending it next year to cover secondary . |
| 10 | Back in January Dallas performed what started off as the demolition and ended up in the annihilation of the Bills ' hopes of making it third time lucky at Superbowl . |
| 11 | Got ta see them next time . |
| 12 | Got ta see it first . |
| 13 | Alright , but I think they 've got ta re-house them first have n't they ? |
| 14 | I got ta wash them first . |
| 15 | Probably at home , I got bollocksed for having them last night as well . |
| 16 | If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time . |
| 17 | It 'd be worth asking him first , though . |
| 18 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 19 | Before washing we first cleaned any food residue using earth , pine needles or grass ; utensils were pushed into the earth until they were clean then we washed in the soapy water ; rinsed , then dipped into a pot of boiling water to sterilize . |
| 20 | I am delighted that you have agreed to work with us again and I look forward to seeing you next week . |
| 21 | ‘ André 's looking forward to seeing you next week , ’ Simone interrupted her thoughts , trying to include her in the conversation . |
| 22 | I look forward to seeing you next Thursday . |
| 23 | And that 's it for this evening so I 'll look forward to seeing you next week then , okay ? |
| 24 | And erm good , thank you very much indeed and I look forward to seeing you next week . |
| 25 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 26 | She never went to anyone else 's place without checking it first . |
| 27 | But how could I , without meeting you first ? ’ |
| 28 | Mr Jones , 43 , who runs the cafe in Ross-on-Wye , said : ‘ I took exception to the fact that she was selling teas outside our door without informing me first . ’ |
| 29 | Dawn is particularly inquisitive , and I soon discovered she would never fly properly in a new area without investigating it first , even if I was holding out food for her . |
| 30 | Flatbed scanner users ( like us ) have to feed the sheets in by hand ( but can read text from books without photocopying them first — swings and roundabouts ) but retain the facility to read multiple pages . |