Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] two [noun sg] [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 I got two toilet papers on .
4 And I got two polo necks one with slight ribs in .
5 I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ?
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 . ’
10 Can I have two chicken breasts please ?
11 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 !
12 At either end of the aquarium I placed two terracotta dishes to contain the fish 's food .
13 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 .
14 I think two product areas are worth watching .
15 I bought two Clown Plecs in the hope that they would embarrass the Foxes into nibbling a bit of algae .
16 I did two rabbit sculptures for an exhibition in Yorkshire made of cow much on a metal frame .
17 To illustrate these points I offer two case studies .
18 I had two manpower extensions .
19 I had two glass fulls
20 I have two software/hardware queries .
21 At the present time I have in a total of fourteen patrol constables and two community constables and , as you are aware , I have two community constables here in , and .
22 I have two margarine cartons in here .
23 You 've got four plus numbers , you got two minus numbers which leaves you with two plus numbers .
24 Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water .
25 SHe found two plastic cups and filled them , handing one to Tammuz .
26 It only shows itself if by mischance you get two haemophilia genes , two recessives , at that point in your , in your erm you 're in very serious trouble .
27 Proscribed as a member of illegal organizations , she served two gaol sentences in Mountjoy and Cork .
28 She thought she heard someone coming down the passage , so she grabbed two paper towels and wrapped them round the offending literature .
29 She met the searching gaze , as she swallowed two headache tablets .
30 On the Quay Gustav Ador , she overshot two traffic lights ; cars hooted furiously at her .
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