Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [num] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Wycombe , meanwhile , saw their run of seven consecutive Conference victories ended at Macclesfield , who won 3–1 to complete a League double over the deposed leaders .
2 Athlete of the meeting on Saturday was Strider Jim Campbell who clocked 3.47.37 to take the 1,500 metres from team-mate Dermot Donnelly ( 3.47.42 ) .
3 For example , for a 6-bit exponent , we use an " excess-32 " representation ; the exponent is in the range -32 to +31 , and to obtain the characteristic we add 32 to give a number in the range 0 to 63 .
4 They needed four to make the rent affordable .
5 Eddie McNally has won through in the men 's singles Section A with wins over G Byrne 21–15 and Richard Neilson whom he beat 21–14 to face the experienced Tommy Hopper .
6 It takes two to make a baby … but men have always run away from their responsibilities .
7 But the cold war 's neat polarities can hardly be carried on : it takes two to make a war , hot or cold .
8 If it takes two to make an argument then each side must choose an issue over which some values ( ideals ? ) conflict .
9 Of course , it takes two to make an argument .
10 ( It takes two to play a game ) .
11 and to make up the weight instead of five he sent six to make the weight up .
12 For once , I thought before speaking , and so was able to refrain from remarking tritely that it took two to make a marriage .
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