Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe she 'd win the pools or walk off with first prize in the national lottery ! |
| 2 | Blithe Spirit opens at the Everyman Theatre tonight and goes on until 19th June . |
| 3 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 4 | I braked too late at the second corner and changed down to third while turning the wheel , feeding it through my hands . |
| 5 | It cost him three minutes and he fell back to 14th overall , but drove magnificently to recover much of the deficit and climb back to eighth by the end of the day , sharing two stage victories with McRae . |
| 6 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 7 | I never ran marathons , but gradually increased my distance , starting with a 30-mile race , then the Isle of Man 40 on the TT course , where I did well , and the following week I ran from Edinburgh to Glasgow , which is about 50 miles and came in about second or third . ’ |
| 8 | So , I do get a bit ac , I mean , th there 's , there 's one young girl in the class and , we were on about women 's role in society and going on about third world woman , but even western woman have their position , you know , she does the housework |
| 9 | Ireland 's Darren Clarke , Sweden 's Robert Karlsson and the veteran Argentine Vicente Fernandez all shot 67 , while Gilford birdied the last two holes to return 70 and hang on to second place — only two strokes behind his England Dunhill colleague . |
| 10 | But he 's okay now and revving up for next week 's World Cup group three game against Latvia at Windsor Park . |
| 11 | The gearbox in my 1973 Series III two and a quarter petrol is noisy and jumps out of third gear . |
| 12 | Swansea 's John Price , who took the title two years ago and lost out in last year 's final , had to work hard during the early exchanges in his clash with Noel Graham , a world championship newcomer from Belfast , but the Welshman finally won through 7-6 , 7-5 , 7-0 . |
| 13 | Senna , clearly struggling , was then passed also by Alesi and Brundle and fell back to sixth before retiring after 17 laps . |
| 14 | SUZANNE OTTERSON , the 15-year-old Scottish junior champion who was making her senior debut , gave a flowing performance to finish fourth in the short programme and move up to fifth place overall with the free skating to come . |
| 15 | PS the result was 1–0 and moves up to 12th |
| 16 | Also there is a gap before the next match ( due to internationals ) so to win and get up to second place would be good . |
| 17 | Verity wiggled her bottom , plonked it back down , calmly braked and shifted up to fifth , dawdling along behind the green Parceline truck while she waited for it to overtake an Esso tanker . |
| 18 | Penry made several attempts to break it , but gave up at last , his face like thunder as he drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death . |
| 19 | But Sunday 's win should erase those ghosts , as well as make up for last year 's defeat to France in the final in Lyon . |
| 20 | And , as any football-mad kid knows , there is nothing as embarrassing as mucking about in last season 's kit . |
| 21 | It has done just 3000 miles and the gearbox is very stiff when changing up from second to third gear , but not when changing down from fourth to third , Do you think it will loosen up in time ? |
| 22 | It has done just 3000 miles and the gearbox is very stiff when changing up from second to third gear , but not when changing down from fourth to third , Do you think it will loosen up in time ? |
| 23 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |