Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The recent Robson book , just right for next Christmas .
2 This is particularly important for letters travelling long distances , as it is not possible for first class letters to make the journey between certain places by the next day unless they are posted early .
3 Sorry about last night . ’
4 The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink .
5 or leave , muttering , ‘ Sorry about last night . ’
6 I am sorry about last night .
7 Sorry about last night !
8 I 'm sorry about last time .
9 Jim Payne , 21 , who turned professional after last year 's Walker Cup , took third prize of £14,000 after a 69 for 289 with Essex 's Paul Curry ( 73 ) , Derbyshire 's Mark Roe ( 72 ) and Argentina 's Eduardo Romero ( 73 ) joint fourth on 291 for £9,533 prizes .
10 Meanwhile , Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week 's devastating floods .
11 The latter started favourite for last year 's Champion but proved no match for Beech Road , though he is expected to become a stronger horse this season .
12 In Imperial Russia the carriages were painted different colours for ease of recognition : blue for first class , brown for second class , and green for third .
13 The waste contains tin oxide , in proportions too minute for last century 's miners to recover .
14 The Four Seasons hotel is bound to be popular for next Summer — an early booking is strongly recommended !
15 The form Darlington displayed in winning 2–0 at Shrewsbury almost two weeks ago has completely deserted them and there was muted dissent among the Feethams faithful during last Saturday 's 1–0 home defeat at the hands of Hull City .
16 DUNGANNON 'S international winger Ronnie Carey is still doubtful for next week 's opening Insurance Corporation League clash with
17 Hemmings , 44 , who has taken 27 first-class wickets for Sussex this season , is doubtful for next week 's championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford .
18 ‘ Terry is very doubtful for next week 's game at West Hartlepool , ’ said Director of Rugby Mike Mahoney .
19 Emma Robinson and Lisburn 's Joanne Logan had dead-heated for third place , with another pretty young Lisburn swimmer , Ruth Hill , fifth , only one-hundredth of a second back .
20 ‘ I 'm no different after last year but the success can change you .
21 Late in the day and rather superfluous after last night 's little fiasco , though , do n't you think ? ’
22 Wirral have 12 points and are 2.5 points clear of second place Thurrock .
23 What 's wrong with next week ?
24 The Discovery Holiday is very popular with first time visitors to Amsterdam as there is so much to see and do in the City , it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin .
25 The situation then is quite different from last year when many parents boycotted the Tests .
26 Business performance in the city centre is very little different from last year .
27 Right let's have a listen because this sounds this sounds slightly different from last time .
28 Examples of the latter — attaching new connotations — would be the way musical elements of the bourgeois march were made to connote something different in nineteenth century labour anthems ; or the way the supposedly liberated individualist eclecticism of counter cultural 1960s rock — ‘ liberated ’ in the Marcusian sense — was , in a process of recuperation , re-articulated to the long tradition of bourgeois individual bohemianism .
29 FRESH from last month 's £2m acquisition of Golden Twin packed nuts , food group JLI has bought TG Smith , a processor and packer of nuts and dried fruits , for £1.6m in cash .
30 The reply was positive with Adams and Clarke scoring well , but Williamson and Irving , fresh from last week 's seven-wicket haul , did the damage late on .
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