Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd a hundred times rather change last night 's husband on a daily basis , be reviled as a witch in the parliament of women , she 'd like to have dead babies in succession — she winced at this , ‘ Please , no ’ — but pressed on rather than be that nothing , that unbeing , that sump of ribaldry and pity and contempt , the woman-who-had-never-had-a man , the zitella , the old maid . |
| 2 | Convictions for cruelty to animals nearly doubled last year in the Thames Valley . |
| 3 | The situation for tenants remains the same with many facing bills up to double last year 's rates demand . |
| 4 | TORY officials finally admitted last night they had received £440,000 in donations from companies controlled by fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir . |
| 5 | It was surprised by ps Technologies Inc 's showing , considering the collapse of the ACE Initiative and its merge with Silicon Graphics Inc : Mips revenues decisively recaptured third place from IBM 's Power architecture . |
| 6 | Officials also blame last year 's Congress decision to ban the public funding of abortions in Washington . |
| 7 | Sales volumes barely moved last year but Michelin says price rises of 10 p.c. in Europe have failed to puncture its market share . |
| 8 | Scottish fish merchants and processors also united last night in condemning a campaign by English fishermen to secure a ban on the import of Russian cod . |
| 9 | Established corn mills often had first claim to the use of watercourses , but their machinery needed modernising to improve efficiency . |
| 10 | Indeed , the Charlton players almost played second fiddle on an afternoon belonging to the fans . |
| 11 | With this government any issues soon take second place to being seen to win . |
| 12 | Since she was utterly devoted to my father , her children inevitably took second place . |
| 13 | Rather than risk a clash between the Cha and Legislative Council models , China has opted to muddy the waters by indicating support for proposals unexpectedly advanced last month by Lo Tak-shing , of the New Hong Kong Alliance , for a ‘ bicameral ’ legislature , in which directly elected seats would account for half of a single house . |
| 14 | Mr Nicoll of Management Services also won third prize for another desert scene in the LANDSCAPES section . |