Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [num ord] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ability to deliver the C2 blue-collar , Essex-man vote has , arguably , won them the last two general elections . |
| 2 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
| 3 | He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp . |
| 4 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 5 | Ministers had rejected the report but politically it took us the next two general elections to repair the damage . |
| 6 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |