Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 32 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 33 | Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance . |
| 34 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 35 | That means , they 've raised a third , we 've given them a third , and they got a third to raise . |
| 36 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
| 37 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 38 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 39 | But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . |
| 40 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 41 | Eddington paused , then replied , " I am trying to think who the third person is . " ) |
| 42 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 43 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 44 | Well , they sa they 've works them the next day , and then Christmas Day we call it setting day , they 're all done up int they ? |
| 45 | ( 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 ) . |
| 46 | If undemanding schooling methods , supplemented by hours in front of cretinous , discontinuous TV programmes , have given them a thirty-second attention span , poor linguistic skills , therefore poor conceptualising and critical powers , and a craving for instant entertainment , then it will not matter what cultural policy a government adopts . |
| 47 | I have asked no one else , I have given you the first opportunity of owning these things . ’ |
| 48 | Last but not least Surrey have given us a second fine Chairman in Pauline Kenward . |
| 49 | And in fact you 're probably going to be invited because everybody seems to want to give me an eightieth birthday party . |
| 50 | Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out . |
| 51 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 52 | After Fox 's most successful three-day launch , the best ever non-summer debut , Mr Sherak said : ‘ We have doubled what the first movie earned two years ago . |