Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They perhaps had to give two books up . |
| 2 | they thought he only wanted to see two people . |
| 3 | Well I think it was the maternity because I mean she had had eleven pregnancies so I think she she was very , very erm able to talk about it and I , I do n't , I know Dad had got a good job in the , well if you can call any pit job a good job , but say that the money was decent , but I know that she always had to have two doctors and it was , it was in those days we were , it was good we were in a doctor 's club because , you know , you had n't got any er the maternity and , and the , and the ante- natal and pre-natal and goodness knows what that we 've got today . |
| 4 | Judge Geoffrey Jones caused a storm by making the comment at an earlier hearing because Ian Stevenson also admitted assaulting two boys . |
| 5 | To add to the festivities , they also decided to offer two all-expenses paid tickets to staff in Australia — and Chris and Paul 's were the first names out of the hat . |
| 6 | Just as thrilling but achieved in a much more orderly fashion , was Sweden 's remarkable escape against Canada in Vancouver , ( see special report on page 25 ) , where not only was Stefan Edberg , the world number one at the time , beaten by the little known , 237th ranked Daniel Nestor on the opening day but Magnus Gustafsson also had to save two match points against the Canadian hero before winning the fifth and decisive rubber from two sets to one down . |
| 7 | The Labour leadership also had to face two revolts from among individual Party members which were tackled in organizational terms but which were largely motivated by ideological sympathy for the Left . |
| 8 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 9 | And if you really wanted to blow two years ' wages for a working man , then you could spend $185 on a Style 4 Tri-Plate with full ‘ Chrysanthemum ’ engraving on front , sides and back . |
| 10 | A few readers may remember that I had long ago arranged to spend two days drawing cartoons for children in the Navan shopping centre . |
| 11 | So the arrangements were made with the White Star line and unbeknown to Nellie , Liam eventually did get two reservations on the new ship , which was brought down from Liverpool to Southampton , where most of the passengers got on , and then to Cherbourg to pick up some more and finally to Queenstown before crossing the Atlantic to New York . |
| 12 | The court then proceeded to discuss two groups of authorities . |
| 13 | She then had to visit two hairdressers to get independent reports — and both said that whoever had permed her hair was incompetent . |
| 14 | He therefore tried to ride two horses , attempting to pad out Labour 's newly acquired eleventh commandment , ‘ Thou shalt not promote homosexuality ’ , with some points of principle . |
| 15 | I therefore decided to fit two 30″ , 25w Triton tube lighting units which have a brilliant , pleasing , colour enhancing effect and promote lush green algaes which are beneficial as a natural food source for herbivorous fish in the system . |