Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun Microsystems Inc and Computer Associates International Inc duly announced their alliance last week ( UX No 403 ) , saying that CA-Unicenter will be fully available on Sun hardware within nine to 12 months . |
| 2 | It was ironic that her fussy and dictatorial chief had the same Christian name as the exciting young singer who had so caught her imagination last Saturday . |
| 3 | Better watch your step next time you drink whisky |
| 4 | He only opened his shop last month , on Friday the 13th , which , he is sure , will prove to have been his lucky day . |
| 5 | Just stop your tape first and er turn it over to the other side first . |
| 6 | Even President-elect Bill Clinton could not contain his dismay last week after IBM Corp announced that business in Europe was so bad that the company would at best break even in the current quarter — and prescribed only more of the same medicine that has so signally failed to save the situation up to now . |
| 7 | ‘ Piper , it 's a bloody good job you were not wearing your kilt last night during the patrol . ’ |
| 8 | Let me just get my jacket first and I 'll be with you . |
| 9 | Sharon , that 's it , I could not get her name last night . |
| 10 | The legal action came after Mr McArdle , a solicitor with offices in Hartlepool , Sunderland and Darlington inadvertently stepped on a train to which his tickets did not allow him admittance last autumn ( the tickets were as usual in BR-speak and difficult fully to comprehend ) . |
| 11 | Maybe she 'd rather see her friend first , even if she had to cry after , ’ Nick said . |
| 12 | Now she was a young widow , dignified but vulnerable , busy but not tastelessly careerist ; she believed that she always put her family first . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , heavens — Margaret probably rang my hotel last night to let me know . |
| 14 | Well we 'll probably have our dinner first then I 'll probably do it . |
| 15 | We also value our school sixth forms , and will ensure they retain their place in the new system . |
| 16 | But he returned home to Edinburgh not knowing if he will back to defend his title next season . |
| 17 | Now that NeXT Inc has joined the Object Management Group , it 's threatening to submit its technology for consideration — only OMG does n't know what technology NeXT means . |
| 18 | Well finish your mouthful first , please . |
| 19 | APBC members only work on referral from veterinary surgeons , so please discuss your case first with your vet and ask to be referred to the local APBC practitioner . |
| 20 | So tt and of course , the other thing I learnt there was that you had dinner the wrong way round , you did n't have your pudding first , to fill you up . . |
| 21 | Well have your pudding first , before you |
| 22 | Most Chinese students overseas put their education first and politics second . |
| 23 | ‘ And when you see Bellybutton , tell him that I know where his brother is , and I 'll pick the bastard up whenever I choose and then feed him head first into a cane-shredder . ’ |
| 24 | This is a man whose idea of love-making is to mash his partner against a wall , rip off her knickers , and then throw her head first down on the sofa . |
| 25 | He is content for everyone else to have their say first , though his everyday associates and friends respect his views too much to let him get away with that too often . |
| 26 | At the reception numerous people said to Sarah , ‘ Never mind Your turn next , ’ and she said to Mick , ‘ I wish they would n't . |
| 27 | Lifting up her pink nightdress her mother had then smacked her behind as hard as she could , afterwards putting her face next to Carla 's and telling her that she had had enough . |