Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adj] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 2 | I met some now very loyal friends who have seen me through these last three and a half years . |
| 3 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 4 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 5 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
| 6 | I will tell you about these next time . |
| 7 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
| 8 | The first inch yields a higher marginal benefit to your neighbour than the amount that you require in compensation to offset the marginal cost to you of that first inch . |
| 9 | Figure 15–8 shows the marginal benefit MB that your neighbour gets from the last inch of tree size and the marginal cost MC to you of that last inch of tree size . |
| 10 | And I 'd like to leave you with one last statement just enough , but just enough , is not enough ! |
| 11 | I 've loved you from that first day . " |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've wanted you from that first meeting in France . ’ |
| 13 | You 've lost , I 've lost you on this last one , Kim have I ? |
| 14 | It 's my pleasure and honour on behalf of the Eastern Centre to welcome you to this third Cambridge symposium . |
| 15 | And yet tonight , in the quiet of this room , I find that what really remains with me from this first day 's travel is not Salisbury Cathedral , nor any of the other charming sights of this city , but rather that marvellous view encountered this morning of the rolling English countryside . |
| 16 | Flares are n't news in Dublin they 're still wearing them from that first time round . |
| 17 | All the problems that had beset them from that first moment their eyes had met in the courtyard on the day of her arrival had vanished , it seemed , giving way to the greater power of one fact — now they were lovers . |
| 18 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 19 | That brings me to this last point about criteria . |
| 20 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
| 21 | And almost before he had finished speaking , his mouth forced itself over hers in a kiss that was clearly designed to punish her for that last remark . |
| 22 | Her parents were still concerned about her and she had asked them to accompany her for this first appointment . |
| 23 | To feel gratefully to her for those first baths , |
| 24 | Diana felt a debt of gratitude to the woman who had been so kind to her during that first traumatic public engagement eighteen months before as well as an empathy with someone who , like her , had come into the royal world from the outside . |
| 25 | Also , a hotel room would remind her of that first night they had spent together ; what happened then had been repeated by now many times . |
| 26 | His own inclination would have led him towards this first interview three or four days earlier . |
| 27 | Cos I had him , I just , I just had him like that first sixteen points and we could n't play properly cos no one won . |
| 28 | I got him with that last shot . ’ |
| 29 | It brings him into joint second place with Jackie Stewart in the league table of grand prix victories , but there is still some way to go before Senna matches the 44 won by Alain Prost , the man the media love Senna to hate . |
| 30 | Faldo ruined his chances with a 76 on Saturday — and even a 67 on the last day could only put him in joint second place . |