Example sentences of "[pron] the [num ord] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 2 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 3 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 4 | Subsequent writers , however , have copied Patrick Forbes 's work without checking for themselves , and the misleading myth has evolved in which the first thousand litres of the cuvée is believed to be officially designated the premiere cuvée . |
| 5 | CANADA 'S Daniel Wesley won the BSAD-ADT London Wheelchair marathon at his third attempt , following a sprint finish on Westminster Bridge in which the first four competitors all achieved times inside Frenchman Farid Amarouch 's 1991 course record . |
| 6 | A rare approach to library use from the reader 's point of view is Frank Hatt 's The reading process , of which the first two chapters are essential reading . |
| 7 | All of these activities meant that he could not get on with his new play , of which the first two scenes were already drafted and which he had planned , tentatively , to finish in time for the Edinburgh Festival of 1952 . |
| 8 | But the vision was a long way off from Britain , for which the first two years of the Fifties were a continuation of wartime in civilian clothes . |
| 9 | Item 5 is a weekly benefit , of which the first 14 days of any period of incapacity is excluded and benefit is payable for 104 weeks from the 15th day of incapacity . |
| 10 | looks at its long history , in which the last five years have been arguably the most dramatic , part of a transformation which is by no means over . |
| 11 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
| 12 | She had seen little of him the first two days . |
| 13 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 14 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 15 | I want to know what the first three digits are . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Rumoured Golf Links at Bolney ’ and one wonders what the next 80 years will bring . |
| 17 | Mr Justice Judge told Mrs Salmon , of Park Gate , Hants : ‘ I ca n't imagine what the last 10 years must have been like for you waiting for this to be sorted out . ’ |
| 18 | The match was reported as being scrappy … exactly what the last 20 minutes was . |