Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem arose if our visitors had changed them between one trip and the next , when he would be completely foxed . |
| 2 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 3 | I 'd had enough middle-aged men slobbering all over me for one day . |
| 4 | ‘ Excuse me for one minute . ’ |
| 5 | to last me for one month , because we 've got to put it on . |
| 6 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 7 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 8 | So tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from me for one lesson . |
| 9 | The aim of the project in relation to schools is to regard them as one kind of community group among others . |
| 10 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 11 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 12 | And you visit them for there was one time we visit them for fourteen day daily but I do n't think they do it now . |
| 13 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 14 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 15 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 16 | The quickest method is pressure cooking — to cook beans , soak them for 1 hour in hot water , then cook for 3 to 5 minutes ( or for 15 minutes if unsoaked ) . |
| 17 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 18 | Which would cost you but then th you see a if you just get a plain ordinary phone they 're not erm they 're not that expensive , I mean you can get them for ten pound ! |
| 19 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 20 | But can you please advise me about one thing ? |
| 21 | Phil slurped his with one gulp . |
| 22 | Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready . |
| 23 | Opening the car door , the boy took my hand to lead me towards one side of a three-sided , bungalow-styled villa . |
| 24 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
| 25 | Bill 's story has finally convinced me of one thing — the nature of Mandy Smith 's ‘ mystery illness ’ . |
| 26 | His land adjoins theirs for one thing , and more importantly , it 's the only way he can expand in this area to include substantial buildings . ’ |
| 27 | My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force . |
| 28 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 29 | Erm Walter what about you for two shrub roses ? |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll only require you for one hour a day . |