Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the studio we were brought back sharply to reality by a studio audience , all of whom shared two characteristics . |
| 2 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
| 3 | There I became two people — one who watched and one who tried to forget that the other watched . |
| 4 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 5 | I mean The Sun is absolutely I mean I did tr have a go at reading the first one and I thought well I ca n't read this trash any longer , think I read two pages . |
| 6 | I made two attempts but they both failed , each time my fear of water proved too much . |
| 7 | I made two attempts . |
| 8 | I made two ruler from Tufnol ( 24x1–1/2x1/2in ) , then joined them with two brass strips , allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers . |
| 9 | E/A kept on steady course at about 220mph until attacked , when he dived down to sea level at about 250–280pmh [ sic ] and I made two attacks one at 16000 when E/A took slight evasive action by executing gentle turns . |
| 10 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 11 | I posted two scripts for a series to be called ‘ The Raconteur ’ , which were a collection of after-dinner stories tied together by narration . |
| 12 | It was much later on in my thirties and on one occasion even later than that , when I met two men who at different times became very special to me . |
| 13 | Where is your proof that I garrotted two men , not to mention an old woman , in London ? |
| 14 | Ah yes , yeah his got two point three litres . |
| 15 | I checked two items at random . |
| 16 | I got two pints of beer . |
| 17 | I got two flamers . ’ |
| 18 | I got two sets of photos back yesterday . |
| 19 | I 've thought guaran two machines you 're guaranteed for four years then , cos they did n't write the serial number down , so if I got two machines and it goes faulty I just send it back and say this machine 's faulty , they do n't know how many I 've got |
| 20 | And she said ooh she said I got two grandads . |
| 21 | So I accepted a job with him , and then I got two offers the next day , one with the savings bank , I think it was , and one with someone else . . |
| 22 | I got two Helens in the group . |
| 23 | ‘ I got two shillings from my Dad every Saturday night — that was my week 's wages . |
| 24 | I remember I got two shillings ( ten pence ) for every neck I put right . |
| 25 | I got two bottles of Scotch and I hid one down by the dishwasher . ’ |
| 26 | I got two grants |
| 27 | Well I rang them up yesterday because I got two cheques left . |
| 28 | I got two wardrobes in and dressing table . |
| 29 | I got two toilet papers on . |
| 30 | Mummy I got two bears . |