Example sentences of "[num ord] [prep] [det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and second of all he 'd known her since they were at school , well he was like ten years older , but something like that any way oh brilliant this is back on Jack The Ripper that |
| 2 | It took him two weeks to die and for the second of those we spoke together every night by telephone , often for more than an hour . |
| 3 | Could you have a look at this little card , the first of many I have to say . |
| 4 | Och , first of all they were a wee bit , you know , standoffish . |
| 5 | First of all they were becoming involved , also de facto , in the process of French decolonization which , like any successful retreat , was more difficult than an advance . |
| 6 | Right , first of all they 're compounds make sure you take these down please . |
| 7 | First of all they 'll go very pale and they 'll start sweating and the pulse will be very rapid and the breathing will be shallow , now what are they going into ? |
| 8 | First of all they are sorted into groups of similar material : pottery , brooches , pieces of worked stone , and so on ; these may be sent at this stage to various specialists , who will study them and write a technical report . |
| 9 | Well I used to do , what you 're doing see , you 're in charge of loading the ship , see but they did , first of all they , they , we had er , we had a foreman stevedore , then we had , and then erm we had the stevedores and the dockers they went away on these courses , down to ones , they used to go to Southampton and some went to Hull , but when they came back , they called theirselves stevedores , so course our harbourmaster , he say that 's not right , they 're stevedores , well you got ta be all called foremen stevedores , so Captain come to me , he said , what are we gon na call you ? |
| 10 | First of all they discuss the number of booklets that we 're going to produce |
| 11 | First of all they 're not satisfied with getting one deal a day , they 'll they 'll not sit back on their laurels and say oh I 've done my work , they 'll go out and get another two . |
| 12 | Now if you 're if somebody becomes a persistent discounter first of all they 'll they 'll question it back at head office . |
| 13 | First of all they said she was the villain . |
| 14 | First of all they say that if she thinks that they 're waxworks she should pay , and then they say that if she thinks that they are real , she should be talking to them . |
| 15 | Eh , first of all they give them champagne so they all get caught drinking and driving , |
| 16 | First of all they have enormous and very efficient and reliable memories for retaining simple bits of information . |
| 17 | As a matter of fact we want them back because first of all they left everything in Kuwait and left . |
| 18 | Not at all , I thought you might , you remember you had a quick preview of that , a few months ago , and you 'll be pleased to know that the Chief Officers have now decided that the best way of dealing with it is for each , no first of all they decided that they 'll recommend two members for the signing of the charter , that 's the first step , it 's quite a step forward , remembering they . |
| 19 | First of all we were given a demonstration . |
| 20 | ‘ First of all we will look at his numerical and mathematical ability which he has gained from reckoning areas from odd shaped bits of land and working out the number of trees they will take , and from his mother 's shopping expeditions , and we will reduce these to simple symbolic formulas and tables and make children learn a lot of them very quickly . |
| 21 | First of all we must look at the importance of exercise in relation to our health . |
| 22 | First of all we would play club and then we would play the Moscow Championships , then we would play the Russian Championships and then the Soviet Union Championships . |
| 23 | I think first of all we have to satisfy ourselves do n't we that we 're erm fulfilling our cultural obligations cultural policy . |
| 24 | So first of all we 'll have a look at a a blameworthy aspect of it , then we 'll have a look if whether or not it was avoidable . |
| 25 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 26 | First of all we offer a good a service as possible , we try to get to know the individuals , and help them and give them individual advice . |
| 27 | Erm first of all we 'll get this ready for head of the form . |
| 28 | It will be easier to understand the most important period of Coniston mining — the 19th C — if first of all we look at the way the men were employed and the techniques they used . |
| 29 | … and then we always have a time when the kids perform their pieces to one another , so first of all we as teachers can observe what is going on , and feed in comments to them if they need any technical help in terms of how to play musical instruments , etc … |
| 30 | First of all we wanted that product to be totally open , and I 'll qualify in a minute or two a little bit more what I mean by totally open . |