Example sentences of "[verb] two [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marshall , 34 , who announced his retirement from international cricket after the World Cup , has signed a new contract with the county and will fill a gap created two years ago when Paul Terry stepped down as No 2 to Mark Nicholas . |
| 2 | And if firms are now hiring two part-timers rather than one full-timer , it may also explain why unemployment has started to fall earlier than expected . |
| 3 | The pair had met two years ago when Hardy scored a convincing 10-round win in a non-title bout . |
| 4 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 5 | In fact , because of the immense size of the country , those in Melbourne can celebrate two hours earlier than everyone in Perth . |
| 6 | And we 've not had I I must say that over the years I might have had two cases perhaps when there 's been a query with regard to that in terms of packing . |
| 7 | Just before the men were shot — they 'd had two weeks inside so their beards had taken on something of the authentic rag-tag FAKINTIL glory , as opposed to the clean-shaven image they had presented in their neat malai-issue camos — one shouted out the name of Osvaldo . |
| 8 | I AM saddened and appalled by an incident which happened two months ago when a female security guard chasing a thief knocked my 67-year-old mother off her feet . |
| 9 | The accident happened two years ago when he was trying to retrieve a football from the roof of the city 's derelict Rialto Ballroom . |
| 10 | A garage would be nice and as we 've got two cars so although a garage is vital if we as long as we can get them off the road that would be an advantage |
| 11 | I suppose Newmarket will be first one to make two , th they 've got two courses here as it is you see . |
| 12 | Castleford were one of the clubs fined two seasons ago when an outbreak of brawling at several matches led to the League imposing new , stiffer penalties . |
| 13 | Can you drop two clublengths away if you 're close to a poisonous animal ? ) |
| 14 | However , if control is very poor in spite of a satisfactory diet with a single daily dose of c.50 units of insulin , it is better to consider two injections rather than increasing the dose . |
| 15 | Well perhaps if we will , we were n't to , if we went next week , we 'd have two weeks earlier than last year wo n't we ? |
| 16 | Pro-activeness is taking two steps forward while pushing your competition one step back |
| 17 | Record of the Year and Song of the Year were awarded for Tears in Heaven , which Clapton wrote as a tribute to his young son , Conor , who died two years ago when he fell out of a window of the singer 's 53rd-floor Manhattan apartment . |
| 18 | Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’ |
| 19 | BAS spent £9.4 million , £3.4 million more than planned to rebuild Halley , and the project took two years longer than expected . |
| 20 | Miners began to return to work on Oct. 26 after the NUM had accepted De Beers ' offer of wage increases ranging from 16.5 to 18 per cent ; the De Beers offer was backdated two months earlier than the normal settlement date of July 1 and the company also conceded June 16 , " Soweto Day " , as a public holiday . |
| 21 | His world started falling apart two days ago when he was found to have failed random drugs tests taken two weeks ago before the games began . |
| 22 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 23 | Fathers are allowed two days off as paid paternity leave . |
| 24 | Many schools preferred at that time to have two paymasters rather than one , but in 1926 they were obliged to choose : those which thereafter received grants from the Board of Education in London , and not through the Local Education Authority , were reasonably enough known as direct-grant schools . |
| 25 | But there was no time to rub two thoughts together before the square of light was partially blotted out by the Captain 's bulk . |
| 26 | It does not , however , match the most alarming predictions made two months ago when Easoe and Nasa , the US space agency , released preliminary measurements of ozone destruction . |
| 27 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 28 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 29 | At best , a family might be given two shillings weekly if , after being willing to submit to a very strict investigation into their financial position ( this was called a ‘ Means Test ’ ) they were found to be at starvation level . |
| 30 | The transaction would be completed two days later after the appropriate cable instructions had been transmitted to the correspondent banks . |