Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 2 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 3 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 4 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 5 | I want to know what the first three digits are . ’ |
| 6 | CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year . |
| 7 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 8 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 9 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 10 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 11 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 12 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 13 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 14 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 15 | The Purchaser should at least accept that certain warranties should be given subject to the Vendor 's knowledge — eg those warranties which seek to anticipate what a third party might do in the future . |
| 16 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 17 | So far no action has been taken against travellers refusing requests to stub-out their cigarettes , and the campaign group is waiting to see what the next move will be . |
| 18 | There were three words in the do n't ring yet there were three words in the title I 'll give you two you have got to give me the last one . |
| 19 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to make you the next Madonna . ’ |
| 21 | Elizabeth answered that she particularly did not want anything to remain that might hurt any living person among her friends — and so with one blow.she destroyed the ‘ flat ’ characters , who could have given her a second literary fame . |
| 22 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 23 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 24 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 25 | She would have said it a third , even a fourth time , but he sealed her mouth with his own , possessing its sweetness with a plunderer 's purpose . |
| 26 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 27 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 28 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 29 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
| 30 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |