Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 2 | And we 've educated them to go onto next day , and if we 're not performing we lose them . |
| 3 | they did n't know I mean like first newsletter we 've had in ages . |
| 4 | Has he explained about last night ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |
| 6 | Successive home defeats , this one by a single goal , have seen them plummet from second to 10th , and their next two games are away to the leaders , Sheffield United , and at home to second-placed Sunderland . |
| 7 | They fought , and ran , and stood to fight again , tiring , separated , driven now like hunted hares , until Isambard called his men back at the brook and let them rest at last . |
| 8 | Let me quote from last Saturday 's Oxford Mail : ’ A teenager whose night of joyriding ended in the death of a lorry driver , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for two years . |
| 9 | I should be grateful if you would put this to the Women 's Institute and let me know by 14th January if you are able to send a representative to the meeting . |
| 10 | Then they 'd give you order for next morning when , when meat got more freer , you know , when there was more of it , after the war had got over . |
| 11 | Hoping for a few more Leeds wins as the draws have seen us slide from 2nd to 5th . |
| 12 | I could n't believe we went to fourth poistion on Saturday . |
| 13 | ‘ It leaves a hell of a hangover , ’ said Mrs Ridley , and Lee felt relieved as if she had been ashamed of her suffering and had had it authenticated at last . |
| 14 | Anyway I 'm delighted to see we 've at last got round to this . |
| 15 | Anyone interested in writing a short piece describing their own efforts ( whether in writing or by word of mouth ) is invited to let me know by 1st May . |
| 16 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel I 've at last found what I really want to do in life , Jannie , ’ he said . |
| 18 | It made him think about last night 's events . |
| 19 | Coarse Angling team saw them finish in fourth place , just 10 points away from a medal position , in the World Freshwater Angling Championships . |
| 20 | Then a one-all draw with Germany in their last match , meant them finishing in second place on goal difference . |
| 21 | I could n't believe he had asked me minutes after first meeting him . |
| 22 | When Jancey persuaded them to sit in next door , none of them were too sure how heavy these guys would turn out to be . |
| 23 | PAUSE I thought I knew at last who you were , why you liked me at school , why you took the trouble to read those poems I 'd written . |
| 24 | Now , however , her husband had a motor-car — the first Cork Jew to possess one — and as they drove to the synagogue , their distinguished visitor , Karlinsky , beside her in the back seat , she felt she had at last come into her kingdom . |
| 25 | Spencer failed to retain his card this year after his debut season on the Volvo European Tour which saw him finish in 178th position in the Order of Merit with winnings of just £7,700 . |
| 26 | A settled domestic life with two year-old Daniel and the lovely former actress Suzanne Danielle provided the supremely talented Scot with a secure and solid base from which to plan his survival from decline which saw him slump to 51st in the 1988 Order of Merit . |
| 27 | He was unhappy but he felt he had at last sorted his life out . |
| 28 | The 119-page report is the result of a 10-month review led by the Press Council 's chairman , Mr Louis Blom-Cooper , who after meeting the full council yesterday said he expected it to take until next summer to reach final agreement on the recommendations . |
| 29 | I think I did in first place , I must a forgot to change it . |
| 30 | Which do I attend to first ? ’ |