Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace . |
| 2 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 3 | They had three on on door I mean three security men but it 's not worth it mind . |
| 4 | I got two toilet papers on . |
| 5 | And I got two polo necks one with slight ribs in . |
| 6 | I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ? |
| 7 | I got fifty Valentine cards last year . |
| 8 | Trouble is , I got three dinner parties coming up , you know , well out |
| 9 | There is a German lady called Louise most anxious to see you again , ’ — here I suggest two exclamation marks — ‘ and I have some Jewish friends who are also desirous to meet you . |
| 10 | The water was getting hot and becoming clouded with the residue of the last course , so I crumbled two Oxo cubes into it and stirred . |
| 11 | But he said Patrick 's story was inaccurate : ‘ I ate 40 crab sticks , ’ he corrected . |
| 12 | Contemporary Publishing I Copy Editing I Editing Core Language I Production Technology Practice I Graphic Studies I Project I Information Sources |
| 13 | Erm if I put two times brackets three add six it does make a difference . |
| 14 | That evening I received two elephant tusks , a heavy , ornate gold cigarette case , a large , colourful carpet and the third class of the Star of Ethiopia . |
| 15 | I remember two lady missionaries , who were also returning to Burma , saying , ‘ Well , of course we shall arrive safely because we are going out to do the Lord 's work . ’ |
| 16 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 17 | Can I have two chicken breasts please ? |
| 18 | Can I have three steak pies please . |
| 19 | Yeah I se well I happened to be coming home from school cos I thought there was a the hearse coming and then I watched two mourning cars two flashy great big things ! |
| 20 | At either end of the aquarium I placed two terracotta dishes to contain the fish 's food . |
| 21 | We carried on down Avenida del Sol to Radio Tawantinsuyo where , on last-minute South American Handbook advice , I placed ten radio adverts for my notebooks . |
| 22 | On my return late in the afternoon I saw two SS soldiers outside our front door . |
| 23 | I use 14 ml tubes of Artists ' quality watercolour paint , and mix cerulean , French ultramarine , violet , Payne 's grey , cobalt and neutral tint to achieve that elusive colour . |
| 24 | I took two paperback books , a toothbrush , my Ventolin inhaler and a copy of the repeat prescription , four T-shirts , two pairs of jeans and my other pair of trainers . |
| 25 | Teacher — If I put ten pound coins in my left trouser pocket and twenty pound coins in my right trouser pocket and fifty ten pence pieces in my back pocket , what would I end up with ? |
| 26 | ( If it is of any interest to anyone , I knitted 44 ballet cardigans in 1991 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I think two product areas are worth watching . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I think four lamb chops . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think three surgery times are necessary , ’ said Sophie . |
| 30 | I bought four Flag Cichlids , Aequidens curviceps , though they look more like A. dorsiger in my Cichlid book . |