Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen . |
| 2 | Palmer won the man-of-the-match award after a superb performance , setting up the first two goals and scoring the third . |
| 3 | Go down the two ladders and enter the second door , walk down the steps and onto the stage , then it 's under the spotlight to perform all those great songs the Blues Brothers are famous for . |
| 4 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
| 5 | The millionaire property developer looked poised to cut his losses and quit the Second Division club after the failure of his proposed £13m rescue package last week . |
| 6 | The refuge worker suggests ringing up the council to check the arrears and clarify the next move . |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire has adopted in the Chevely area a federal solution by technically ‘ closing ’ ( say ) three schools and enlarging a fourth to operate as a single administrative unit for the four school populations on their own sites . |
| 8 | I retraced my steps and climbed the second flight of stairs . |
| 9 | Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same . |
| 10 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 11 | He looked up , removed his reading glasses , then got to his feet and indicated the second sofa . |
| 12 | Rose , giving evidence , said Sweeney had been refused a drink at three pubs and left a fourth . |
| 13 | The Cheltenham company must now decide whether to send Mark Driscoll back to Spain for more strawberries and risk a second confrontation with French growers . |
| 14 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 15 | Attach six around the roof at equal intervals and place the seventh in the centre at the top . |
| 16 | ‘ I am fasting because I see no other way to express my protest against the ways in which our politicians brazenly keep up appearances and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the state as their victory . |
| 17 | She wrote it as a series of articles and sent the first three to Richard Crossman , then editor of the New Statesman . |
| 18 | Glentoran 's Neil Candlish , looking like his old explosive self , hit two in eight minutes and made a third for Damien Kelly with a superb cross , as the Glens swept into a three goal interval lead . |
| 19 | He equalised after 67 minutes and hit a last minute winner . |
| 20 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 21 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 22 | The most appealing strategy is integration or collaboration , by which groups in conflict modify their views and seek a third alternative . |
| 23 | ACT 2 , STRATEGIES AND TRAPS The second and final part of this series reviews a number of basic ACT planning stategies and potential traps |
| 24 | The hills themselves looked asleep , the heather glowed dust-blue in the hazy light , and the people , after a night of little sleep and hours of walking and standing , now looked stunned as they sat on the grassy banks , leaned on dykes , or lay on their backs in the hayfields , munching oatcakes and drinking the last of their water . |
| 25 | The book of Genesis tells how God had created the world in six days and commanded the seventh to be a day of rest . |
| 26 | The pain faded , and I pulled myself up immediately with the help of the banisters and gained the second floor in the lull . |
| 27 | ( ii ) Familiar faces The same presenter will introduce the programme each week and may appear between items to give explanations and introduce the next sequence . |
| 28 | Mr Walsh 's murder came just 11 hours after the UFF shot dead four Catholics and injured a fifth man as they arrived to carry out building work on houses in Castlerock . |
| 29 | Later Caroline specialised in Special Needs classes and introduced the first class to help stroke victims . |
| 30 | When linguists became involved , with a few notable exceptions , it was mainly to distance themselves from this current of ideas and to introduce the second phase . |