Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to straighten out the Lang Lang river in Australia between 1920 and 1923 caused a series of cuts into the bank , which progressed rapidly upstream and destroyed seven bridges . |
| 2 | You know , we do n't stand back idly and see one man penalized . |
| 3 | Marek eyed them up his nose for a moment , breathed in and recited two verses , his head flung back , his eyes damp . |
| 4 | Thus , either all the petitioning creditors must join in and swear one affidavit or separate affidavits , each exhibiting a copy of the petition , must be sworn . |
| 5 | but you do n't go in and buy five cases of |
| 6 | It may settle the other two down and prevent one individual from being continually picked on . |
| 7 | He has to settle down and marry one day , just as I do , has n't he ? ’ |
| 8 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 9 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 10 | A ruling Labour group proposal to shut down and sell three schools , and use the cash for reorganising existing sites , was thrown out in a stormy meeting . |
| 11 | He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray . |
| 12 | They beat everyone brutally and captured five people , including myself . |
| 13 | We arrive at school , just before nine o'clock and had seven hours of school to look forward to . |
| 14 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 15 | She was knitting to cars as one single motif on her Silver Reed but had put the point cams on incorrectly and had one car in the middle and two half cars either side . |
| 16 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 17 | So the chances were there for United rather than Portsmouth erm but you always had that feeling in the last quarter of an hour , is n't that funny , you 've talked to Ken Vasey and we 've talked to Andy Melville , and I think they both agreed that erm Portsmouth might just come through and snatch three points . |
| 18 | Peasant farmers , the majority of the population , are switching from food crops to coca , which yields far higher profits , grows easily and provides four harvests a year . |
| 19 | Eric had rolled over and had one hand under his head , the other over his eyes . |
| 20 | Two years ago today , an Israeli lorry driver ran over and killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip . |
| 21 | It appeared behind a clump of dead plants , ran over and stopped five metres from them . |
| 22 | And then David 's coming over and having three weeks , so she 'll be over seven weeks |
| 23 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 24 | The young man pulled forward the chair he had been sitting on and lifted one leg up on it . |
| 25 | you , you were meant to come on and score two goals and |
| 26 | Bibb atoned for his error at the start of the second half , when after Castleford lost the ball in front of their own posts he pounced quickly and beat three tacklers for the third Rovers ' try , Knapper adding his first goal . |
| 27 | I got up quickly and fetched three glasses . |
| 28 | PRINCESS Diana held hands with a dying AIDS victim yesterday and spent 15 minutes comforting him . |
| 29 | She trotted off and returned two minutes later with a pure white cashmere cardigan . |
| 30 | The EC has gone further and adopted 1 January 1997 as the cut-off date for member states . |