Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telecom Australia , which trades off-shore as Telstra , says it has won a licence to build and operate a digital cellular telephone service in New Zealand ; Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd will also face competition in the cellular market from BellSouth Corp , expected to launch its network next month . |
| 2 | But when I tried to position my wheelchair next to my wife I found that the outstretched leg of the bearded chap behind came between us . |
| 3 | He tried to transfer his pension last year after he won his unfair dismissal case . |
| 4 | We came to see your play last night and we were absolutely disgusted . |
| 5 | ‘ It was great to win , and we hope to repeat our victory next season . |
| 6 | ‘ Be ready at eleven tomorrow morning ! ’ rapped a voice she would know anywhere , his tone not one whit pleasanter than it had been when he 'd left her flat last night . |
| 7 | Cologne gallerist Christian Nagel ( expelled from Art Cologne for refusing to label his installation last year ) effused that ‘ one visitor at the Unfair was worth ten at Art Cologne . |
| 8 | The trap to be avoided here is to turn the exercise into another source of demand by forcing yourself to go faster every day , swearing that you are going to beat your partner next time , or overdoing it with the weights . |
| 9 | so I 've got to have my breakfast first ? |
| 10 | You 've got to have your lunch first . |
| 11 | I 'll remember to bring my mallet next time . ’ |
| 12 | Although IBM began to trim its overhead last year , York 's experience at Chrysler ‘ would show how you could really shut the chequebook , ’ he adds . |
| 13 | Mr Yeltsin , 62 , returned to the Kremlin yesterday after a weekend spent contemplating his humiliation last week by the mainly conservative Congress of People 's Deputies , which rejected virtually every one of his proposals . |
| 14 | He decided to attend our conference last June . |
| 15 | Or simply bewildered at seeing her there , having forgotten his invitation last week . |
| 16 | Prompted by a ‘ Love Louth more ’ campaign , Louth maltings decided to play its part last Christmas by placing a 20ft christmas tree on the roof of the maltings . |
| 17 | ‘ You should have asked my permission first before bringing him along . |
| 18 | I 'll have to have my tea first . ’ |
| 19 | Having begun their Courage First Division programme with a 29-12 home win over Leicester , Wasps then lost direction and the match when they took on Harlequins at The Stoop . |
| 20 | Constanza said she would have to tell her mother first , and me . |
| 21 | Rose walked on thoughtfully for a bit , then she turned to Hilary and said : ‘ You went to see your mother last week , did n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | And Sam Burch went to see my grandfather next day and he said : |
| 23 | I went to see my father last night . |
| 24 | It was Sonny who managed to find his voice first . |
| 25 | The mum added : ‘ When we went to visit her aunt last week I noticed she had gone quiet . |
| 26 | She 's been asked to leave her job next month . |
| 27 | Erm , I note that on paper R earlier , we er , approved the recommendation to ask Resources Management sub-committee to approve the release of three thousand of registration service carry forward monies , and we 're now being asked to approve our budget next year , which er , also reduces twenty thousand for registration service . |
| 28 | He is said to have built his palace next to a beautiful lake , now called Emperor 's Lake . |
| 29 | He appeared to have learned his lesson last season , but the fact that he needs Robson 's ‘ Englishness ’ for Europe means he will pick him for some league games such as Chelsea last week , and was n't he crap ; > } |
| 30 | Do practise your engraving first on some scrap metal , and lacquer if desired . |