Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
| 2 | If reliability is defined in terms of the production of truth , it adds nothing to the first condition once we restrict our attention to the particular case . |
| 3 | If it is defined in terms of justification , it adds nothing to the third . |
| 4 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
| 5 | Do you need one after the next one , 'cos which sticks one , which |
| 6 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 8 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 10 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’ |
| 12 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 13 | he has n't missed one since the second world war |
| 14 | He made a birdie at the next , but just missed one at the last and lost by a shot . |
| 15 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 16 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 17 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 18 | The work is of a very high standard , with several children who have recently joined the school writing something for the first time . |
| 19 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 20 | One of his compulsive gambits was to challenge everyone at the first meeting . |
| 21 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 22 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 23 | But that , that is a Y equals something X to the tenth , so it 's it 's not going to have a gradient that requires Y equals something to the tenth . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |
| 25 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't see anything beyond the third target , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 28 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 29 | Afterwards McEnroe finally agreed to hold a press conference — thereby avoiding a $10,000 fine following his refusal to attend one after the first round . |
| 30 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |