Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped smoking two years ago and I stopped doing all the silly drugs and drink nearly six years ago , so you naturally gravitate towards quite a healthy diet . |
| 2 | They tried having two machines but never had enough laundry to justify running them both . |
| 3 | This behaviour encouraged a more sophisticated experiment which involved placing two aluminium plates 3 metres apart in the tank . |
| 4 | Coombes , now 17 , of Cardiff , admitted causing two deaths by reckless driving . |
| 5 | Helen and Tony came bringing two plate tarts made by Helen and all the attention was focussed on Moira , giving Chris time to overcome his nervousness , helped by Helen 's tact . |
| 6 | Brian Mounsey , from Liverpool , admitted possessing two kilos of heroin when he appeared before a court in Bangkok . |
| 7 | The solution was found initially using the entire Fab molecule , and confirmed using two half-molecules comprising the constant and variable regions . |
| 8 | Selma arrived escorting two braziers , one to keep the coffee pots hot and another for hot coals for the incense pots . |
| 9 | Farmers began producing two flocks a year ( which substantially reduced their costs ) and the breed changed from the traditional bronze or black strain to a white-feathered bird . |
| 10 | Judge Geoffrey Jones caused a storm by making the comment at an earlier hearing because Ian Stevenson also admitted assaulting two boys . |
| 11 | You depended on your car unless you fancied walking two miles to Westerfield to catch the bus . |
| 12 | Well , like I say , it 's not erm an ambition really of mine it 's a challenge of a lifetime because I 've never liked running and I decided that as I started running two years ago that er the marathon was the ultimate , and as it 's the ultimate challenge I thought what I 'm asking and why I 've asked to come in to FOX F M is to er ask the businesses of Bicester to help me er raise money for the er Bicester Health Centre , and also for the Bible School boys sponsoring me . |
| 13 | It meant spending two months living in the spare bedroom and the kitchen , the only rooms not used by the crew , while the cast — including Vanessa Redgrave , Emma Thompson , Helena Bonham Carter and , fresh from The Silence of the Lambs , Anthony Hopkins — were filming . |
| 14 | A BADLY decomposed body found in the Sidlaw Hills near Dundee at the weekend is that of Nealle Wilson , a mentally handicapped man who went missing two years ago , police revealed yesterday . |
| 15 | The PTI appeared carrying two footballs and everyone relaxed slightly . |
| 16 | Is there enough time left in one scene to allow time to set up an Inlay shot using two cameras on the next scene ? |
| 17 | But Jess was not to hear the rumours or have a chance to ask what a syndicate was , because Sally and Salt came back , and seconds later a rather rosy Mrs Stocks reappeared clutching two bottles of brandy . |
| 18 | He reappeared carrying two glasses that tinkled with ice and passed one over the fence to the woman . |