Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb base] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you try at something and fail the first time , have another go . |
| 2 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 3 | so you 'll have to fast forward it and suffer the last hour |
| 4 | The island no longer gave men without much capital the economic opportunity sometimes to be found on a frontier , where land can be acquired cheaply by anyone prepared to make the great effort needed to clear it and plant the first crops . |
| 5 | A trust has now been able to acquire it and take the first steps towards long-term restoration . |
| 6 | We can win it and spend the last three weeks of the season trying to clinch the big one . ’ |