Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ferguson insisted : ‘ Let me make one thing crystal clear — Manchester United wo n't bottle it on the last lap of the championship . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 4 | In order to discover whether voice setting and other factors might give hearers clues to a speaker 's ethnicity , I asked 43 East London children aged about 14 to listen to 12 short stretches of speech on tape and fill in a questionnaire . |
| 5 | From where I 'm sitting ( in a Paris café as it happens , pal , limbering up for the days 500cl — I mean 500 word slog ) , a rest in that sense would take the form of a couple of shifts in a Bolivian tin mine — and Club Med do n't fly there . |
| 6 | They had three on on door I mean three security men but it 's not worth it mind . |
| 7 | Actually , I got sixteen pound commission so far , and I got some more people |
| 8 | I got one christmas present . |
| 9 | I got two toilet papers on . |
| 10 | And I got two polo necks one with slight ribs in . |
| 11 | I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ? |
| 12 | Trouble is , I got three dinner parties coming up , you know , well out |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But he said Patrick 's story was inaccurate : ‘ I ate 40 crab sticks , ’ he corrected . |
| 16 | Contemporary Publishing I Copy Editing I Editing Core Language I Production Technology Practice I Graphic Studies I Project I Information Sources |
| 17 | Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I sound one warning note about individual choice — it works in towns where parents can be given a choice of schools , up to the physical capacity of a school , but in rural areas that choice may be only theoretical . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 22 | I remember one day Tim saying to me , ‘ Mummy , do you think the ‘ Jackanese ’ are sleeping in my bed in Rangoon ? '' I thought that they probably were , tho' his bed was a drop-side cot ! |
| 23 | I remember one fellow Madden , who was very clever . |
| 24 | I reproduce one model procedure which sets out a management framework within which it can be achieved . |
| 25 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 26 | Can I have two chicken breasts please ? |
| 27 | Can I have three steak pies please . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | At either end of the aquarium I placed two terracotta dishes to contain the fish 's food . |
| 30 | 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 . |