Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] of the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to know what of the next few seconds I remember , or have pieced together , or have been told by Nathan . |
| 2 | Eventually , Peter rid them of the first , hapless shop in San Francisco and , in 1981 , felt ready to open in New York . |
| 3 | ‘ No , no , ’ the Finnish detective said , shaking his head as if to rid himself of the last remnants of misunderstanding . |
| 4 | So that 's why we said well let's get on and decide which of the next four homes to be refurbished . |
| 5 | What was mocked was the arrogant superiority of the traditionally educated arts man who knew nothing of the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 6 | Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem . |
| 7 | SEEING THE ARTICLE on the ‘ 109 in the July issue of FlyPast reminded me of the first time I saw it . |
| 8 | Now er reminded me of the next thing really I ought to have got on to . |
| 9 | The average Council Tax payer , the council tax ca n't be more than , around four percent erm which reminds me of the last miracle budget we had , ninety eighty nine I think it was , again a Labour budget which I think was three point nine per cent increase then and the lowest rate of increase for twenty years erm and the highest level of growth erm . |
| 10 | It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him . |
| 11 | As for the Seventh and Eighth Books ( 1619 and 1638 ) , to say nothing of the Ninth , compiled eight years after the composer 's death , they contain quasi-operatic ballets and experiments ( 11 ballo dell' Ingrate , Tirsi e Clori , Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda ) , declamatory or melodic solos or duets over repeated or varied basses , with or without string ritornelli , elaborate vocal and instrumental concerti , and the simplest solo canzonette . |
| 12 | But again , she 's making good eye contact , both of them only let their eyes flick down to their notes to remind themselves of the next point they want to make . |
| 13 | Suzanne Greenhill , 20 , had been blindfolded — depriving her of the last sense she could have used to identify the attacker — and her underwear had been stuffed in her mouth . |