Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] two [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But , in reply , let me make two fundamental points which , I think , make the original question far from otiose and the answer to it anything but platitudinous .
2 You can also use them to compare two similar groups or to follow one group through a period of time and observe any change in attitude .
3 Be before we start can I make two quick announcements , one er I made at the last lecture , that is there is a public lecture given by Baroness at five fifteen today on the subject of the Soviet Union and wh where does it go , erm and that 's in .
4 As an undergraduate myself in the late sixties , I met two famous pioneer sisters , the Misses Deneke .
5 As I walked along the road that skirts the southern shore of Loch Leven , I met two fair ones , a Minna and a Brenda , walking leisurely , having as companion a jackdaw .
6 So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had .
7 As I turned away and headed back the way I had come I passed two dead cows lying on the grass , large shrapnel wounds on their bodies .
8 Walking from the café and the food shops , I passed two ostentatious jewellers .
9 I got two other evenings to do at school now .
10 I got two black ones !
11 I got two big plastic
12 I got two kit-kat things .
13 " In the year 1929 I used two rock-crystal vases in which were branches of white orchids , but those days are gone I fear for ever , and a few white carnations have to suffice now .
14 On the cube , I know how to exchange two pairs of pieces in particular positions by ( F 2 R 2 ) 3 , so how do I exchange two other pairs of pieces ?
15 In Chapter 1 I distinguished two basic training procedures , one involving discrimination training , the other mere exposure to stimuli , that have been thought to reveal perceptual learning effects .
16 As I poured two generous Smirnoffs on the rocks from the mini-bar , he started on his problems .
17 On my way to my London flat , as I walk through a passageway leading from the Strand to Charing Cross underground station , I pass two young men sitting on a sheet on the floor and begging .
18 Three little monkeys jumping on the bed , one fell off and bumped his head , mummy phoned the doctor and the doctor said , no more monkeys jumping on the bed I know two little monkeys jumping on the bed , one fell off and bumped his head , mummy phoned the doctor and the doctor said , no more monkeys jumping on the bed , one little monkey jumping on the bed , one fell off and bumped his head , mummy phoned the doctor and the doctor said no more monkey jumping on the bed
19 He discussed the matter with the client at length — I observed two three-quarter hour meetings — and examined the documents for a loophole with great care .
20 We cascaded down the stairs as the dog decided he could take going downstairs in his stride — and seethed across the station into the sunshine of the great outdoors ; where I observed two large policemen surrounding my estate car , notebooks in hand — and under the obvious impression that they were abut to make an easy collar .
21 ‘ I ( named ) , the undersigned , swear on oath that I collected two yellow bags containing waste material from a friend 's house at Grange , Co .
22 Perhaps Monica Seles wakened them with her grunting : did you know she fakes her first service ? = = At eight on the Saturday morning , I piled two disco-bleared daughters , a pick shovel and lump hammer into the car and drove through the drizzle to Lou 's home base of Barkway — a village which ca n't help being close to Royston , the place where caffs shut in the lunch hour .
23 The first time I heard two experienced knitters talking about punching cards for double jacquard .
24 I heard two loud bangs as I was watching the television . ’
25 Behind him was a black woman and I believe two small children .
26 I find two critical problems with this approach ; its epistemology and its soteriology .
27 In this chapter I discuss two possible approaches to reducing the size of the word graph :
28 I felt two different things at the same time .
29 But my spine seemed to turn to cold stone when I saw two other groups converging on the scene of combat .
30 I saw two inflatable dinghies aboard .
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