Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
| 2 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 3 | But little of all this results in rational or systematic debate about what people should study during the three or four years that lead to their first degree . |
| 4 | We have explored a general , if somewhat schematic , framework which allows us to analyse rather than simply describe what undergraduates are taught during the three or four years that lead to their first degree . |
| 5 | I leave the car where I have parked it and walk to my last appointment . |
| 6 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
| 7 | I think we ought to go and talk to them first and exp you know , put our side forward and if they do n't want to play then , then you have a solicitor . |
| 8 | At home in London she rarely bothered with such irrelevances ; here she knew it was expected of her and accordingly she had showered , dumped her travel-weary jeans into the laundry basket from which they would be rescued by a maid , washed , ironed and returned to her next day , and dressed herself in a loose silk jersey jacket and pants suit , simple and easy enough to please her yet enough of a transformation to satisfy her father and Sally . |
| 9 | ‘ The only reason I so much as spoke to you last night , ’ he said through his teeth , ‘ was because of my grandmother . ’ |