Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [num] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 2 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
| 3 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
| 4 | I mean two teachers come back and one of them says , Well I 've counted all those who are going to Whitby . |
| 5 | will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility |
| 6 | oh , something like that and you get three , three bars and that 's a hundred pound , I got fifteen pound did n't I , do n't you start . |
| 7 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 8 | Well I rang them up yesterday because I got two cheques left . |
| 9 | I tried three times to get in but was beaten back by flames . ’ |
| 10 | Back at The Milebrook I found two letters waiting for me . |
| 11 | ‘ I came by here once , with the wind wet and howling , and I found three Japanese huddled under the lip of the bunker . ’ |
| 12 | I suggest two points to bear in mind . |
| 13 | I recollect one girl putting on dark glasses as a disguise in the hope that she would be luckier than Oliver Twist . |
| 14 | I want five storm-troopers to give that girl the time of her life . |
| 15 | I woke one night to hear noises downstairs . |
| 16 | I cut two holes int he lid and fitted a couple of turned spigots , using plastic pipe to keep the bore as large as possible . |
| 17 | Walking along with a friend one evening , near Leicester Square , I noticed two men arguing with each other . |
| 18 | The Danakil guide we had acquired at Bilen had tried to bolt on the march , so I detailed two soldiers to guard him till dawn . |
| 19 | I have kept a journal , which I hope one day to publish . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Not only had I had three months reprieve , but there had been no confrontation over any further treatment . |
| 22 | They are still more puzzled as I wish them good evening and they recognise my Scots accent , As I quickly follow behind the French Commandos I hear one Canadian say to the other . |
| 23 | Whenever I want to knit bands of reversed stocking stitch now , I know two ways to do it which are much better than using the garter bar . |
| 24 | ‘ I know one person has . |
| 25 | The captain is now advised to store it in a bank , after it has been duly admired by friends and family , though I know one captain kept it under his bed , causing his mother a lot of sleepless nights ! |
| 26 | Publicity for homelessness was part of the business and I know one lad said he 'd only got two pounds of sponsorship and er I thought well you 've you 've done rather well to get two quid . |
| 27 | I know one fellow called Ashworth , he were bit of a coal merchant , I remember him shouting one day across to somebody , ‘ I backed a winner . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Now , is n't that a funny thing ? — I get two people meeting in a town like this , and would n't you know it ? — their paths have crossed before . |
| 29 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 30 | I get twenty pence coming from them you see er |