Example sentences of "[pers pn] see the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 2 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 3 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 4 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 5 | Blackburn could now get within 7 points — if anyone saw the game last night ( I saw the last 30 mins ) , when Liverpool scored their 3rd scums defence was absolutely sh*tting itself EVERY time someone put the ball into their area . |
| 6 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |
| 7 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 8 | I see the second interpretation as being the interpretation suggested by the text . |
| 9 | are you able to help this jury with this simple matter , to your knowledge , on this development , on a hundred and thirty eight or so apartments did you see the second addition of this brochure and the third ? , did you personally ever see it ? |
| 10 | Teaching my granny to suck eggs , I am sure , but did you see the last Scottish Business Insider which profiled a number of women ? |
| 11 | She saw the first researchers , long-dead now but their essence still lived , frozen in the flow of electrons . |
| 12 | That was the day she saw the first crocuses around the roots of the tree . |
| 13 | Alone she saw the last of the adult Callanish eagles fall ; alone she watched . |
| 14 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |
| 15 | Oh , you saw the first |
| 16 | You see the first church in our parish , was in here . |
| 17 | You see the first of these statutes as a solution that gives effect to two recognizable principles of justice , ordered in a certain way , even though you reject one of the principles . |
| 18 | mine are you see the first week in December . |
| 19 | You see the next one right , the reason we 're totally opposed to it , as yous have been bloody debating it all morning , with the Labour Party , and I ca n't even bloody join it , cos I live in Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | Who did we see the last time we were here ? |
| 21 | JTR had chickened out and was travelling south - ‘ we saw the first snows fall before we left … ’ — to write up his chapter retrospectively on previous rambles in Skye , for some obscure reason . |
| 22 | Is it six weeks since we saw the last one then ? |
| 23 | In the Montagu declaration we see the first official glimmer of an idea which exercised a vast and perversely inspirational influence on the process of imperial disintegration : the idea of the multiracial Commonwealth . |
| 24 | In the fourteenth century mystical awakening we see the first signs of a deeper and more committed type of religion , which would finally culminate in both Protestant and Catholic reformations . |
| 25 | This year we see the third and final pack on evangelisation . |
| 26 | I know people imagined I was much older than I was when they saw the first film because some newspapers referred to me as ‘ the Old Lady of the Dales ’ . |
| 27 | Both David Whitaker and Verity Lambert had been captivated by Terry Nation 's Dalek story right from the moment they saw the first ‘ treatment ’ ( story idea ) . |
| 28 | And you 've got ta get them like this so he sees the next one coming so he does n't think ooh , he 's seen this , he 's thinking of this one and not this one . |
| 29 | It saw the first public flotation of a building society , the first moves towards acquisition of a major bank , Girobank , by another society , some further widening of building society powers , a tendency for more societies to become ‘ tied agents ’ of insurance companies and further excursions by societies into the wider field of financial services . |
| 30 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |