Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Scully , Wakefield 's experienced scrum-half , gained 50 yards in a magnificent run ; but when he released the ball it was dropped and their last hopes faded . |
2 | The telephone calls can wait and my first meeting is not until lunchtime . ’ |
3 | Your gift will be sent to you once your Application has been accepted and your first premium paid . |
4 | They were losing and she knew they were going to lose and their last bloke was coming in and she was cheering them on . |
5 | Godwine and his second son , Harold , had kept the peace off the Sussex coast by using Bosham and Pevensey in the later 1040s to drive pirates from the seas . |
6 | But UUUC voters were not so persuaded and their first preference votes varied from 2,609 for McNarry ( Un ) to 11,958 for Craig ( VUPP ) . |
7 | the date on which they intend to leave and their next destination . |
8 | Now his attention was focussed on why the tower had bent and his second effort not only bent as before but was even taller than the previous tower . |
9 | I do want you to know how clearly I understand my deep obligation to you for giving me my first insight into the real problem we were facing and my first understanding of the nature of clinical research ’ . |
10 | ‘ Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out , go home and think of the dozens of abortions you 've had , go home and think of that and your damned caesarian sections too , and your children who hate your guts ! |
11 | Some of his characters develop , and change and we follow their progress but others such as Pumblechook do n't change and our first impressions of them will not change . |
12 | His smile disappeared and his next words seemed to be fired at her . |
13 | By the time I worked with Paul , three days later , word had spread and his first words were , ‘ Marti Caine , I 've heard you 're good , but blue . ’ |
14 | If he trumped with the 6 or 10 , he would be over-trumped and his second trump trick would vanish . |
15 | But anyway , in the end she was fired and her last act was to send a memo to Tony DeFries , the contents of which I would rather not go into . |
16 | In all , Hughes missed four clear chances but he was not to be denied and his 11th goal of the season came after 41 minutes . |
17 | It was afternoon before Marian awoke and her first thought was of the body lying face downward on the grass . |