Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [num ord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you believe in building a school or a tannery next door to a , which ever came first I do n't know , but the there 's the school was there , the tannery was there . |
| 2 | After waking the older girl , her mother went back into the house to finish her coffee , and almost immediately heard first one , then several other cars go speeding up the lane past the door . |
| 3 | they need to , or ca n't remember third one it does n't matter . |
| 4 | He left hold of one arm and thrust his hand into his coat pocket and brought out what looked like a narrow tube ; then glancing first one way then the other , he said : ‘ This wo n't hurt you and you 'll come quietly . ’ |
| 5 | If we wish to explore medieval towns and fathom their history before 1150 we must do so with the spade and the trowel — or else study first their site , their topography and their physical remains . |