Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | you see I 've got two subsids now literally the transfer |
2 | I got fined two classes [ a class was half a crown ] a week for twelve months , so it mounted up . |
3 | When it 's like pancake mix I tend , or omelettes I tend to use two bowls and even though I only really need to use one . |
4 | He said : ‘ I want to score two goals in the next game with Roma , including one like the one I got against Pescara . ’ |
5 | First , however , I want to compare two ways in which we can look at evolution . |
6 | Finally , I want to mention two approaches to developing self-awareness and increasing self-esteem : transactional analysis and assertiveness training . |
7 | Okay this is the fourth in our series and the second on the presidency and I want to do two things in this lecture . |
8 | try it again and I want to do two things for the rest of the morning . |
9 | ‘ I want to ask two f-f-favours , ’ said Ricky as he put Perdita 's suitcases in a boot crammed with polo sticks . |
10 | ‘ One signing is imminent but I want to bring two players in , ’ he said . |
11 | In this First Article I want to make two points . |
12 | I want to know two things from you . |
13 | I stopped smoking two years ago and I stopped doing all the silly drugs and drink nearly six years ago , so you naturally gravitate towards quite a healthy diet . |
14 | I seemed to live two inches behind the front of my skin , that part of me created wilfully by my lovers . |
15 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
16 | Imagine if he found out that the frock I claimed I 'd bought two years ago in a closing-down sale had , in fact , arrived in my wardrobe a little over two weeks ago , having been purchased from a smart department store ? |
17 | I 'd got two pals that tried to get rid , they did get rid eventually , yeah . |
18 | And so I said , saying to my wife , Well , I said er , I 've got , I 'm going to get involved in bus fares to and from office , and I 'd got two kids at that time and I said er , I do n't know when Anne said , Well no good , cos she was a good socialist and all , and says , Right , no good letting money stand in the road as it will get by . |
19 | ‘ I 'd spent two years at Stanford University Press , so I knew something about price ceilings . ’ |
20 | I 'd earned two shadows , bullnecks |
21 | I mean really I er it shook me because I was extremely naive , I 'd had two children but I was very very naive in those days . |
22 | I turned to face two men , apparently soldiers , for both were wearing the camouflage combat jackets of the army 's working dress , and black berets . |
23 | Erm I remember taking two cases when the procedure was still invoked and it was a company in Edinburgh , it was as , as a matter of fact . |
24 | I remember saying two words |
25 | Well , like I say , it 's not erm an ambition really of mine it 's a challenge of a lifetime because I 've never liked running and I decided that as I started running two years ago that er the marathon was the ultimate , and as it 's the ultimate challenge I thought what I 'm asking and why I 've asked to come in to FOX F M is to er ask the businesses of Bicester to help me er raise money for the er Bicester Health Centre , and also for the Bible School boys sponsoring me . |
26 | ‘ I managed to get two rods out but had to sink the line below the water to avoid the ice which was being blown towards me , ’ said John . |
27 | I try to have two pieces of fruit a day , one being an orange the other an apple , or an alternative pear |
28 | I do have two children though so |
29 | I did have two minutes to see A do his ladder climb , and T's climbing feat . |
30 | Benjamin , however , squeezed me by the wrist and I followed him , taking some consolation in the fact that I had hidden two knives , three spoons and a small silver plate used for sweetmeats inside my jerkin . |