Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 2 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
| 3 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 4 | Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely . |
| 5 | Jesus has brought a unique new way of life into the world ; St John described it in those first verses of his gospel : |
| 6 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 7 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 8 | All the problems that had beset them from that first moment their eyes had met in the courtyard on the day of her arrival had vanished , it seemed , giving way to the greater power of one fact — now they were lovers . |
| 9 | I met some now very loyal friends who have seen me through these last three and a half years . |
| 10 | Or meant to have replied , but perhaps she had not , perhaps the knowledge of later years had imposed itself on that first memory . |
| 11 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
| 12 | You 're dividing it by ten or you 're of-ing , times-ing , multiplying it by one tenth , it 's the same thing . |
| 13 | I cut it in half last time but I 've |
| 14 | they 'll date it from twenty fourth |
| 15 | so I had it disconnected , had it disconnected and so I 've asked for it to be re-connected , they ca n't do it until twenty seventh December |
| 16 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 17 | So you 've got one over one hundredth . |
| 18 | So that 's a bit tricky that , doing it that way , you 've got one over one hundredth . |
| 19 | Multiply it by one tenth or divide it by ten . |
| 20 | You would n't want to hear it in public first , would you ? " |
| 21 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |
| 22 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
| 23 | Flares are n't news in Dublin they 're still wearing them from that first time round . |
| 24 | And I 'd like to leave you with one last statement just enough , but just enough , is not enough ! |
| 25 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
| 26 | " Get 'em over that first month and you 're half way there . " |
| 27 | Her parents were still concerned about her and she had asked them to accompany her for this first appointment . |
| 28 | He emphasized the surname slightly , knowing he was being unfair because they had n't known it during those first days when Bacci had sat by her bedside . |
| 29 | Anyway , erm but he says er , I ca n't book it in all next week anyway . |
| 30 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |