Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I asked three teachers where she was and they said she was n't in |
| 32 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 33 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 34 | Do I want two year old triplets at fifty three ? |
| 35 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | I read Seventeen magazine . |
| 38 | At this time still a regular smoker , I made one film which made me drastically change my views about it . |
| 39 | I made one stipulation only to the Foreign Secretary , Sir Alec Douglas-Home , which was that my driver should not be the same amiable young man who had led me such a dance around Johannesburg . |
| 40 | ‘ I made one speech on the subject and I 've not referred to it since , and there seems no purpose in doing so . ’ |
| 41 | I made two attempts but they both failed , each time my fear of water proved too much . |
| 42 | I made two attempts . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 46 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 47 | They 'd got ta be secure as you could imagine and er not easily picked , if you follow what I mean and er yes , made I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 48 | The vow I made four years ago that someday I would go on the Boards . |
| 49 | I made 27 calls to Central Office , of which the best was the last . |
| 50 | In my first year as Beattie I made eighteen commercials . |
| 51 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |
| 52 | I mean , okay , Peter give us it on Friday but would n't you have thought , I mean thirty quid |
| 53 | I mean twelve months is is the minimum period it could have been more . |
| 54 | I mean one dollar — ‘ |
| 55 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 56 | A second later — and I mean one second — the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel , leaving me pedalling air one moment and swimming in a pile of dead leaves the next . |
| 57 | I mean one minute she says Sabrina 's er a bitch and the next minute she wants to sit next to her . |
| 58 | I mean one member of the committee has produced something which I rather think you might all like to have a look at it . |
| 59 | I mean one lady was found wandering in the street ! |
| 60 | I mean , you know we , we can all be very er , er liberal minded and enlightened about every body else , but when it comes to ourselves with a , and there are some exceptions and , and , and you 've identified yourselves here amongst this hundred , but a lot of us if were absolutely honest we would like to change things I mean one way or another and we all do various things , I mean we certainly wash our hair and people say you do n't need to wash your hair , if you leave it long enough it 'll wash itself , I do n't know what else you do maybe you shave bits of this and wax bits of that and |