Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 2 | Fortunately , even though it was just after 3am on Friday morning , Len was there to meet me and the first hurdle was over , I had arrived . |
| 3 | Tradition has it that the first fenoderee was actually a handsome prince from the proud fairy tribe of the Ferrishyn . |
| 4 | Popular mythology among mothers has it that the first child is always the most ‘ difficult ’ , and it is easy to see why this should be so . |
| 5 | Legend has it that the first ‘ teddy bear ’ was created for him after an unsuccessful hunting trip . |
| 6 | Oh course I can Erm there was a game that we called er Tin Lurky You probably wo n't well you never hear that expression now and er we used to get this old t any tin can and er you somebody would kick it you see and er the one that was sort of one used to have to fur and fetch this tin an bring it back again and then was should all hide , sounds a daft silly game , I know , but this one had to find us and the first one he found it was his turn next to fetch the tin and then find us again . |
| 7 | But then Hector was to blame too because Hector went they were coming round and we had to get out first , he promised us as the first houses would go up we would get back again |
| 8 | He believed me and the next day suggested that I moved out . |
| 9 | He told me that the first three days were an agony , thirst being the greatest torture , then slowly the body reversed its patterns and you got used to it . |
| 10 | ( Ahmet told me that the next one was lovelier still ) . |
| 11 | When you have the ball , three of them come at you — two to tackle you and the third to go away with the ball . |
| 12 | In April he told him that the next war had already started . |
| 13 | He went to answer it and the next thing he knew he was being attacked by a group of men . |
| 14 | He would do it when the next squall hit . |
| 15 | And I had three more telephone enquiries e and they were by telephone , they 're in a hurry , you know , can you do it until the fifteenth of May , or can you do it until February something . |
| 16 | in London B T H or G E C , I remember he told us that the last time you know because he was n't called up in the war he was reserved . |
| 17 | Well , ter cut a long story short 'e ends up tellin' me that the last bloke was put off fer losin' too much time an' I might be a bad time-keeper as well , what wiv me injuries . |
| 18 | If he had told me that the first half was going to be crap , I would n't have bothered to watch it in the first place . |
| 19 | Goodnight says Steve Jobs had promised him that the NeXT boxes would sell in serious numbers , but now admits that that particular offering ‘ is n't making us any money . ’ |
| 20 | On the second morning , Miss Honey received by registered post a letter from a firm of local solicitors informing her that the last will and testament of her late father , Dr Honey , had suddenly and mysteriously turned up . |
| 21 | About sixty former members of the BUF joined him and the last phase of his career in English politics had begun . |
| 22 | Constance did not understand him but the last word , strangely rhythmic and warm to her ears , stuck in her mind . |
| 23 | One spun the thread of life , the second measured it and the third cut it . |
| 24 | You pass the chosen card and then finger another as if you feel it is going to be the right one and then say ‘ How much do you bet me that the next card I turn over is the chosen one ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But I can assure you that the last thing the Football League wants is a repeat of the Maidstone situation where a club struggles through the summer to a new season and then folds . |
| 26 | Watch out for log books which tell you that the first owner was Engineering Educational Trust . |
| 27 | So I taught him that the first week , and the second week we went back and there was still only him , so it I taught him how to rewire a plug how to do it properly and er went back a third week and he was s still the only one there , so we went through it again , see if he 'd picked it up and he had n't so . |
| 28 | The accountant will try to ensure that the band have given enough thought to how long this money is likely to last , and how best to use it until the next payment or earnings are due . |
| 29 | The readings tell us that the first communities of Christians were united heart and soul in the Lord . |
| 30 | And I was running it and the first week I got there , and one guy turned up . |