Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 so he was quite gutted to miss it by one , maybe one well two , two questions .
2 All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up .
3 That 's , that 's Now when you 've got an A squared minus B squared , you can factorize that I mean you could just do that on your calculator , and do it in one go , but it 's quite easy to do it as three point O one .
4 Yeah , but it 's impossible to retain them with two four bedroomed houses , now is n't it ?
5 Different recognisers have different areas of strength and weakness , so it may be possible to combine them into one system .
6 Do n't be grumpy or touchy now — you 'll be glad to see them after 26.2 miles and you want them to be happy to see you too .
7 Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another .
8 Fullback Marty Roebuck could also miss out as an ankle operation is likely to sideline him for six to seven weeks .
9 Travis was quick to deny it with one of his charming smiles .
10 I was supposed to use it for 20 minutes on each side in between Holly 's feeds , which were every two or three hours anyway .
11 Anyone interested is welcome to contact me on 0703 476894 , or secretary Kate Rogers on 0962 760316 , or just turn up at our meeting on May 9th at the Holy Trinity Church Hall in Winchester , starting at 10.30 a.m .
12 At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons .
13 I had pulled the team together by the second half , and Sporting found us a very different proposition and were lucky to hold us to 0–0 .
14 The ones that a friend of mine who was once in the TA has been promising to get me for three years now .
15 I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room .
16 Constanze 's guardian accordingly drew up a document that Mozart was required to sign , promising to marry her within three years , or else pay a large sum as compensation .
17 The track of the animals seemed likely to take them within two hundred yards of their hiding place , so they should crawl out onto the plain to try to get a shot from half that range .
18 During the period 1560 to 1640 , virtually all these conformist English Protestants shared a set of common doctrinal beliefs , but in terms both of liturgical preference and intensity of commitment it is possible to divide them into two broad and fluid categories : a mainstream Protestant majority which was relatively content with the hybrid character of the Elizabethan church ; and a minority , labelled ‘ Puritan ’ by their contemporaries , which aspired to bring about further reform of that church in the direction of continental Protestantism .
19 While each college is to a large extent sui generis it is possible to divide them into three main groups .
20 To understand the internal dynamic of debate , change and tension within Catholic history in this period , it may be helpful to divide it into three parts .
21 The South African government has declared the great white shark ( carcharodon carcharias ) a protected species , making it illegal to hunt it within 200 miles of the South African coast .
22 We should be able to see her on one of your screens , my pretty . ’
23 I returned to London , and was unable to find you until two hours ago . ’
24 Yeah because I 'm doing second year abnormal from two til three so you might be able to catch me at three
25 If y you know if you 're content to , to pocket five hundred pounds , they 'll never be able to discover it in fifteen thousand .
26 ‘ Shall I be able to reach you at 1027 , Westminster Drive ? ’ she asked .
27 Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece .
28 If the parties had not agreed on the naming of the appointing authority , or if the authority which agreed on nominating declines to appoint the arbitrator or is unable to nominate him within sixty days of the date of receiving the request which one of the parties presented to it in this regard , each of the parties may ask the Secretary-General of the Permanent Arbitration Court to nominate an appointing authority .
29 No one had ever been able to knock her for six , and if this man affected her at all it was because she disliked him so much .
30 Maybe we 'll be able to count him as one of our successes yet . ’
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