Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 We 're down to our last tumbler …
2 $3 You 're down to your last two imodium .
3 You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent .
4 You 'll start getting back now , now you 're back to your last four pence when it comes down you start getting back do n't you ?
5 The Levitation It 's OK To Like are back with their third single .
6 His campaign now seems to be down to its last card — to brand Mr Da Silva as a dangerous radical who is bent on introducing Stalinist communism into Brazil .
7 He had already completed his required 30 , but had always said from the start that he was going to be along on my last one , and he did it .
8 But the Gunners could be out of their first competition by tomorrow .
9 In a couple of hours ' time , the kids would be out of school and dogs would be out for their last daylight walks .
10 Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March .
11 Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March .
12 I 'll be back with our next bulletin at ten thirty … after News at Ten .
13 Soon we were down to our last lumps of coal .
14 Coffee and a stroll up to the nearest AVIS and we were off to our next destination .
15 Like a coolie in the wrong continent , he 's on to his first wage of the day .
16 There 'll be a change in defence tomorrow Kevan Smith is in for his first game
17 Enver says he 's down to his last kilo of flour , otherwise his cupboard 's empty .
18 He 's through to his first World Longtrack final … where he 'll be lining up against the best speedway and grasstrack riders .
19 STEVE BACHOP , the Western Samoan outside-half who impressed so much in the World Cup , is back for his second successive season with the Dublin club , Blackrock College .
20 She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by .
21 Soon it was on to our second garden of the day ; Hodges Barn at Shipton Moyne .
22 His father would now and again telephone me saying that David was down to his last few pounds and that he worried about money .
23 He contemplated a few drags until he realized he was down to his last three matches , and reluctantly put the cigarette back in his pocket .
24 When he looked for his money , he found that he was down to his last few shillings .
25 His wealth is a matter of awestruck tabloid speculation ; his parsimony a thing of show-business legend : " Andrew was almost broke when he was down to his last £3 million , " one friend remembers .
26 One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’
27 Cos I was out with my first daughter at quarter to eight in the morning to catch the bus to take her to adopted aunty
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